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title: mendicant — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mendicant» in the school dictionary: A beggar, someone who lives by asking others for food or money. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mendicant

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**Who acts:** old mendicant, prince, mendicant · **What happens:** live, ask, knock, dress, wear · **To what, where:** others, old mendicant, torn rags

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A beggar, someone who lives by asking others for food or money.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mendicant:m1:1
# text = A beggar, someone who lives by asking others for food or money.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beggar	beggar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	appos	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  | others |  |  |  | for food or money | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient |

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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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An old mendicant knocked at the door and asked for bread.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mendicant:x1:1
# text = An old mendicant knocked at the door and asked for bread.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mendicant	mendicant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	knocked	knock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
9	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | participle |  | a old mendicant *not said here* |  |  |  | at the door | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | a old mendicant |  |  |  |  | for bread | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The prince dressed as a mendicant.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mendicant:x2:1
# text = The prince dressed as a mendicant.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mendicant	mendicant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | participle | the prince |  |  |  |  | as a mendicant | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The mendicant wore torn rags.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mendicant:x3:1
# text = The mendicant wore torn rags.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mendicant	mendicant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	torn	torn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rags	rag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **wear** | past | the mendicant | torn rags |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent rag=Source |

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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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