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title: horsemanship — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «horsemanship» in the school dictionary: Horsemanship is the skill of riding horses and handling them well. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# horsemanship

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**Who acts:** Horsemanship, He, Good horsemanship, Riding · **What happens:** be, handle, impress, learn, take, teach · **To what, where:** skill, horses, riders, horsemanship, prince, fast horse

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«horsemanship» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: [horsemanship in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/horsemanship.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Horsemanship is the skill of riding horses and handling them well.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:horsemanship:m1:1
# text = Horsemanship is the skill of riding horses and handling them well.
1	Horsemanship	horsemanship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	riding	riding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	handling	handle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Horsemanship | the skill |  |  |  | of riding horses | tree rules |
| 2 | **handle** | gerund | Horsemanship *not said here* | horses *= horse* |  |  |  | well *property* | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her horsemanship impressed the riders.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:horsemanship:x1:1
# text = Her horsemanship impressed the riders.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	horsemanship	horsemanship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	impressed	impress	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	riders	rider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impress** | past | Her horsemanship | the riders |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rider=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He learned horsemanship from his uncle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:horsemanship:x2:1
# text = He learned horsemanship from his uncle.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	horsemanship	horsemanship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | He | horsemanship |  |  |  | from his uncle | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent horsemanship=Topic from uncle=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Good horsemanship takes years of practice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:horsemanship:x3:1
# text = Good horsemanship takes years of practice.
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	horsemanship	horsemanship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Good horsemanship |  |  |  | year |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The prince was taught music and horsemanship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:horsemanship:x4:1
# text = The prince was taught music and horsemanship.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	horsemanship	horsemanship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient music=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Riding a fast horse over a jump needs good horsemanship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:horsemanship:x5:1
# text = Riding a fast horse over a jump needs good horsemanship.
1	Riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jump	jump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	horsemanship	horsemanship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | gerund |  | a fast horse |  | a jump |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme over jump=Trajectory |
| 2 | **need** | present | Riding | good horsemanship |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot horsemanship=Theme |

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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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