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title: marksman — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «marksman» in the school dictionary: A marksman is a person who is very good at hitting a target with a gun or bow. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# marksman

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**Who acts:** marksman, person · **What happens:** be, hit, wear · **To what, where:** person, target, best marksman, canton, number, garland

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A marksman is a person who is very good at hitting a target with a gun or bow.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marksman:m1:1
# text = A marksman is a person who is very good at hitting a target with a gun or bow.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marksman	marksman	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	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	hitting	hit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	target	target	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 marksman | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hit** | gerund | a person *not said here* | a target |  |  |  | with a gun or bow | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent target=Patient with gun=Instrument |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who was the best marksman in the canton?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marksman:x1:1
# text = Who was the best marksman in the canton?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	marksman	marksman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	canton	canton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the best marksman |  | the canton |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Each marksman wore the number of his hits in a garland round his hat.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marksman:x2:1
# text = Each marksman wore the number of his hits in a garland round his hat.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	marksman	marksman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wore	wear	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	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hits	hit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	garland	garland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	round	round	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | each marksman | the number of marksman's hits |  | a garland |  | round marksman's hat | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent number=Source |
| 2 | **hit** |  | marksman |  |  |  |  |  | nom hit «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The marksman hit the bull's-eye every time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marksman:x3:1
# text = The marksman hit the bull's-eye every time.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marksman	marksman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	bull's	bull's	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | the marksman | the bull's eye |  |  | time |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Co-Theme |

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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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