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title: lawgiver — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lawgiver» in the school dictionary: A lawgiver is a person who makes the laws for a people or country, such as a wise leader long ago. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lawgiver

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**Who acts:** lawgiver, person, old king · **What happens:** be, make, write, call · **To what, where:** person, laws, rules, Moses, fair lawgiver · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A lawgiver is a person who makes the laws for a people or country, such as a wise leader long ago.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lawgiver:m1:1
# text = A lawgiver is a person who makes the laws for a people or country, such as a wise leader long ago.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lawgiver	lawgiver	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	makes	make	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	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	20	case	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	list	_	_
21	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	22	advmod	_	_
22	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 lawgiver | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | a person | the laws and a people or country |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product |

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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 lawgiver wrote rules for the whole city.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lawgiver:x1:1
# text = The lawgiver wrote rules for the whole city.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lawgiver	lawgiver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | the lawgiver | rules |  |  |  | for the whole city | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent rule=Result for city=Beneficiary |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Moses is often called a great lawgiver.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lawgiver:x2:1
# text = Moses is often called a great lawgiver.
1	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lawgiver	lawgiver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | Moses |  |  |  | often *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old king was a fair lawgiver.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lawgiver:x3:1
# text = The old king was a fair lawgiver.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lawgiver	lawgiver	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** | past | the old king | a fair lawgiver |  |  |  |  | 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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