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title: hilt — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hilt» in the school dictionary: The hilt is the handle of a sword or knife. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hilt

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**Who acts:** hilt, She, dagger, He · **What happens:** be, mean, hold, have · **To what, where:** handle, hilt, golden hilt, debt

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«hilt» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [hilt in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hilt.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The hilt is the handle of a sword or knife.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hilt:m1:1
# text = The hilt is the handle of a sword or knife.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hilt	hilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the hilt | the handle |  |  |  | of a sword or knife | tree rules |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: phrase — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«up to the hilt» means completely, all the way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hilt:m2:1
# text = «up to the hilt» means completely, all the way.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hilt	hilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the hilt |  |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She held the hilt of the sword tightly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hilt:x1:1
# text = She held the hilt of the sword tightly.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hilt	hilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | She | the hilt of the sword |  |  |  | tightly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hilt=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The dagger had a golden hilt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hilt:x2:1
# text = The dagger had a golden hilt.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	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	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hilt	hilt	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 | **have** | past | the dagger | a golden hilt |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hilt=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was in debt up to the hilt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hilt:x3:1
# text = He was in debt up to the hilt.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	debt	debt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hilt	hilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  | debt |  | to the hilt | 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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