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title: milkman — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «milkman» in the school dictionary: A milkman is a man who brings or sells milk, often to houses in the morning. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# milkman

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**Who acts:** milkman, man, our · **What happens:** be, bring, sell, leave, step, milk · **To what, where:** man, milk, three bottles, cow, pail, breakfast

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A milkman is a man who brings or sells milk, often to houses in the morning.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:milkman:m1:1
# text = A milkman is a man who brings or sells milk, often to houses in the morning.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	milkman	milkman	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	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 milkman | a man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** | present | a man |  |  |  | morning |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sell** | present | a man *not said here* | milk |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The milkman leaves three bottles on our step.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:milkman:x1:1
# text = The milkman leaves three bottles on our step.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	milkman	milkman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	bottles	bottle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	step	step	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 | **leave** | present | the milkman | three bottles |  |  |  | on our step | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme on step=Location |
| 2 | **step** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The milkman milked the cow into a pail.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:milkman:x2:1
# text = The milkman milked the cow into a pail.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	milkman	milkman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	milked	milk	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	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pail	pail	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 | **milk** | past | the milkman | the cow |  | a pail |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Our milkman comes before breakfast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:milkman:x3:1
# text = Our milkman comes before breakfast.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	milkman	milkman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Our milkman |  |  | breakfast |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before breakfast=Location |

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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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