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title: huckster — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «huckster» in the school dictionary: A huckster is a person who sells small goods, often from a cart or a little shop, usually in an eager way. (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# huckster

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**Who acts:** huckster, person, old huckster · **What happens:** be, sell, stand, call out · **To what, where:** person, small goods, apples, shop, corner, prices

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A huckster is a person who sells small goods, often from a cart or a little shop, usually in an eager way. (old use).

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*Sentence 1:* A huckster is a person who sells small goods, often from a cart or a little shop, usually in an eager way.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:huckster:m1:1
# text = A huckster is a person who sells small goods, often from a cart or a little shop, usually in an eager way.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	huckster	huckster	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	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	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 huckster | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sell** | present | a person | small goods |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=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.

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*Sentence 2:* (old use).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:huckster:m1:2
# text = (old use).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The huckster sold apples and jam from his shop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:huckster:x1:1
# text = The huckster sold apples and jam from his shop.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	huckster	huckster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | the huckster | apples and jam |  | huckster's shop |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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An old huckster stood at the corner with a basket.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:huckster:x2:1
# text = An old huckster stood at the corner with a basket.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	huckster	huckster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | a old huckster |  |  | the corner |  | with a basket | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at corner=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The huckster called out his prices all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:huckster:x3:1
# text = The huckster called out his prices all day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	huckster	huckster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | the huckster *not said here* | his prices |  |  | day |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent price=Recipient |

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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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