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title: marshal — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «marshal» in the school dictionary: A marshal is an officer of high rank in an army, or an official who keeps order at a big event. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# marshal

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**Who acts:** marshal, official, he, teacher · **What happens:** be, keep, marshal, arrange, have, make · **To what, where:** officer, order, big event, people, wish, parade · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«marshal» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [marshal in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/marshal.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A marshal is an officer of high rank in an army, or an official who keeps order at a big event.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marshal:m1:1
# text = A marshal is an officer of high rank in an army, or an official who keeps order at a big event.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marshal	marshal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	official	official	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	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 marshal | a officer or a official |  |  |  | of high rank in a army | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | a official | order |  | a big event |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent order=Theme at event=Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To marshal people is to gather them and arrange them in order.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marshal:m2:1
# text = To marshal people is to gather them and arrange them in order.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	marshal	marshal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	gather	gather	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	arrange	arrange	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marshal** | to-infinitive |  | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | gather *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **arrange** | infinitive |  | people |  | order |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in order=Destination |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Hardly had he made the wish than the marshal spoke to the king.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marshal:x1:1
# text = Hardly had he made the wish than the marshal spoke to the king.
1	Hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	marshal	marshal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  | hardly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past | he | the wish |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Product |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the marshal | the wish *not said here* |  |  |  | to the king | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The marshal led the parade.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marshal:x2:1
# text = The marshal led the parade.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marshal	marshal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	led	lead	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	parade	parade	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 | **lead** | past | the marshal | the parade |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parade=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teacher marshalled the children into a line.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marshal:x3:1
# text = The teacher marshalled the children into a line.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	marshalled	marshall	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	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	line	line	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 | **marshall** | past | the teacher | the children |  | a line |  |  | tree rules |

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