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title: mariner — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mariner» in the school dictionary: A sailor; a person who works on a ship. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mariner

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**Who acts:** person, name, old mariner, Rime, Mariners, master mariner · **What happens:** work, probe, name, tell, be, use · **To what, where:** space probes, stories, sea, long poem, North Star, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«mariner» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [mariner in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mariner.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old or literary — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sailor; a person who works on a ship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mariner:m1:1
# text = A sailor; a person who works on a ship.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | on a ship | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on ship=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: Mariner — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The name of some space probes and sports teams, such as NASA's Mariner probes or the Seattle Mariners baseball team.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mariner:m2:1
# text = The name of some space probes and sports teams, such as NASA's Mariner probes or the Seattle Mariners baseball team.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	probes	probe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	sports	sport	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	_
9	teams	team	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	NASA	NASA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
16	probes	probe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
19	Seattle	Seattle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	Mariners	Mariner	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	22	nmod:poss	_	_
21	baseball	baseball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **probe** | present | the name of some space probes and sports teams |  |  |  |  | such NASA's Mariner | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **name** |  |  | some space probes and sports teams |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old mariner told stories of storms at sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mariner:x1:1
# text = The old mariner told stories of storms at sea.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mariner	mariner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	storms	storm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the old mariner | stories of storms |  | sea |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«The Rime of the Ancient Mariner» is a long poem.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mariner:x2:1
# text = «The Rime of the Ancient Mariner» is a long poem.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Rime	rime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Ancient	Ancient	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Rime of the Ancient Mariner | a long poem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mariners used the North Star to find their way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mariner:x3:1
# text = Mariners used the North Star to find their way.
1	Mariners	mariner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Star	Star	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | Mariners | the North Star |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Mariners *not said here* | Mariners's way |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A master mariner can captain a big ship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mariner:x4:1
# text = A master mariner can captain a big ship.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mariner	mariner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	captain	captain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **captain** | can | a master mariner | a big ship |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Beneficiary |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mariner's compass was a great invention.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mariner:x5:1
# text = The mariner's compass was a great invention.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mariner	mariner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	compass	compass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	invention	invention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the mariner's compass | a great invention |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
NASA's Mariner 4 sent the first close pictures of Mars.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mariner:x6:1
# text = NASA's Mariner 4 sent the first close pictures of Mars.
1	NASA	NASA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
8	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | NASA's Mariner | the first close pictures of Mars |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mariners sang as they pulled the ropes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mariner:x7:1
# text = The mariners sang as they pulled the ropes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mariners	mariner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the mariners |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pull** | past | mariners *= mariner* | the ropes |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The terrified mariners started back, expecting no better fate than to be torn to pieces and devoured.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mariner:x8:1
# text = The terrified mariners started back, expecting no better fate than to be torn to pieces and devoured.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	terrified	terrified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mariners	mariner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	expecting	expect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	no	no	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	devoured	devour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start back** | past | the terrified mariners |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **expect** | gerund | the terrified mariners *not said here* | better fate |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Theme |
| 3 | **tear** | to-infinitive · passive | the terrified mariners *not said here* |  |  | pieces |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: to piece=Destination |
| 4 | **devour** | participle | the terrified mariners *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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