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title: manned — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «manned» in the school dictionary: To man is to supply people to work a boat, a ship or a machine. Manned means having people on board or in charge. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# manned

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**Who acts:** Manned, four sailors, Little Lasse, lighthouse · **What happens:** be, work, mean, have, man · **To what, where:** boat, people, board · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To man is to supply people to work a boat, a ship or a machine. Manned means having people on board or in charge.

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*Sentence 1:* To man is to supply people to work a boat, a ship or a machine.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manned:m1:1
# text = To man is to supply people to work a boat, a ship or a machine.
1	To	to	ADP	TO	_	2	case	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	supply	supply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to man; supply *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive |  | a boat |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent boat=Material |

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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:* Manned means having people on board or in charge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manned:m1:2
# text = Manned means having people on board or in charge.
1	Manned	manned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Manned |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | people |  | board or charge |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The boat was manned by four sailors.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manned:x1:1
# text = The boat was manned by four sailors.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boat	boat	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	manned	man	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **man** | past · passive | four sailors | the boat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Little Lasse manned the boat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manned:x2:1
# text = Little Lasse manned the boat.
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Lasse	Lasse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	manned	man	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	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **man** | past | Little Lasse | the boat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The lighthouse is manned all night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manned:x3:1
# text = The lighthouse is manned all night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	manned	manned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the lighthouse |  |  |  | night | manned *property* | 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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