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title: heraldic — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «heraldic» in the school dictionary: Heraldic means to do with heraldry, the old system of coats of arms, badges and shields used by noble families. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# heraldic

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**Who acts:** Heraldic, great hall, knight, lion · **What happens:** mean, do, use, have, carry, be · **To what, where:** shields, heraldic devices, walls, heraldic shield, common heraldic animal · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«heraldic» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [heraldic in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/heraldic.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Heraldic means to do with heraldry, the old system of coats of arms, badges and shields used by noble families.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heraldic:m1:1
# text = Heraldic means to do with heraldry, the old system of coats of arms, badges and shields used by noble families.
1	Heraldic	Heraldic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heraldry	heraldry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	coats	coat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	badges	badge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	shields	shield	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
19	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Heraldic |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with heraldry | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  | shields *not said here* |  |  |  | by noble families | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 great hall had heraldic devices on its walls.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heraldic:x1:1
# text = The great hall had heraldic devices on its walls.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	heraldic	heraldic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the great hall | heraldic devices |  | hall's walls |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent device=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Each knight carried a heraldic shield.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heraldic:x2:1
# text = Each knight carried a heraldic shield.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	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	heraldic	heraldic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shield	shield	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 | **carry** | past | each knight | a heraldic shield |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shield=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The lion is a common heraldic animal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heraldic:x3:1
# text = The lion is a common heraldic animal.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	heraldic	heraldic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the lion | a common heraldic animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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