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title: mainmast — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mainmast» in the school dictionary: The mainmast is the tallest and most important pole of a sailing ship, which holds the big sails. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mainmast

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**Who acts:** mainmast, sailing ship, head, sailors · **What happens:** be, hold, get, climb, fix · **To what, where:** tallest important pole, big sails, work, mainmast, sail

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«mainmast» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [mainmast in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mainmast.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The mainmast is the tallest and most important pole of a sailing ship, which holds the big sails.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mainmast:m1:1
# text = The mainmast is the tallest and most important pole of a sailing ship, which holds the big sails.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mainmast	mainmast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	sailing	sailing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the mainmast | the tallest important pole |  |  |  | of a sailing ship | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | present | a sailing ship | the big sails |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sail=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}

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The head of the house got work as a mainmast in a very fine ship.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mainmast:x1:1
# text = The head of the house got work as a mainmast in a very fine ship.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mainmast	mainmast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the head of the house | work |  |  |  | as a mainmast in a fine ship | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer work=Stimulus as mainmast=Attribute |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The sailors climbed the mainmast to fix the sail.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mainmast:x2:1
# text = The sailors climbed the mainmast to fix the sail.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mainmast	mainmast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sail	sail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | past | the sailors | the mainmast |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location mainmast=Theme |
| 2 | **fix** | to-infinitive | the sailors *not said here* | the sail |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent sail=Patient |

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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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