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title: muleteer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «muleteer» in the school dictionary: A muleteer is a man who drives or leads mules, often carrying goods on a journey. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# muleteer

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**Who acts:** muleteer, man, muleteers, I, he · **What happens:** be, drive, lead, carry, set off, stop · **To what, where:** man, mules, goods, journey, muleteer, inn · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A muleteer is a man who drives or leads mules, often carrying goods on a journey.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:muleteer:m1:1
# text = A muleteer is a man who drives or leads mules, often carrying goods on a journey.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	muleteer	muleteer	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	drives	drive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	mules	mule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
14	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	13	obj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	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 muleteer | a man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drive** | present | a man |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lead** | present | a man *not said here* | mules |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mule=Theme |
| 4 | **carry** | gerund | a man *not said here* | goods |  | a journey |  | often *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A muleteer set off on a journey with an ass and a mule.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:muleteer:x1:1
# text = A muleteer set off on a journey with an ass and a mule.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	muleteer	muleteer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	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 | **set off** | participle |  | a muleteer *not said here* |  | a journey with a ass and a mule |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The muleteers stopped at the inn for the night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:muleteer:x2:1
# text = The muleteers stopped at the inn for the night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	muleteers	muleteer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | the muleteers |  |  | the inn | night |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at inn=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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"I will go and return too," he said to the muleteers.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:muleteer:x3:1
# text = "I will go and return too," he said to the muleteers.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	muleteers	muleteer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **return** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  | the muleteers |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to muleteer=Recipient clause=Topic |

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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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