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title: harper — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «harper» in the school dictionary: A harper is a person who plays the harp. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# harper

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**Who acts:** harper, person, Harpers · **What happens:** be, play, sing · **To what, where:** person, harp, sad tune, feast

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«harper» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [harper in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/harper.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A harper is a person who plays the harp.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:harper:m1:1
# text = A harper is a person who plays the harp.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	harper	harper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a harper | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | present | a person | the harp |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harp=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The harper played a sad tune.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:harper:x1:1
# text = The harper played a sad tune.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	harper	harper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | the harper | a sad tune |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Harpers sang at the king's feast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:harper:x2:1
# text = Harpers sang at the king's feast.
1	Harpers	harper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Harpers |  |  | the king's feast |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at feast=Location |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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