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title: musket — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «musket» in the school dictionary: A musket is an old kind of long gun, loaded through the front of the barrel, used by soldiers and hunters long ago. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# musket

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**Who acts:** musket, men, Buldeo · **What happens:** be, load, use, come, go off, carry · **To what, where:** old kind, front, Tower musket

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A musket is an old kind of long gun, loaded through the front of the barrel, used by soldiers and hunters long ago.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:musket:m1:1
# text = A musket is an old kind of long gun, loaded through the front of the barrel, used by soldiers and hunters long ago.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	musket	musket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	loaded	load	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	_
24	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	25	advmod	_	_
25	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a musket | a old kind |  |  |  | of long gun | tree rules |
| 2 | **load** | participle |  | a old kind *not said here* |  | the front of the barrel |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent through front=Destination |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by soldiers and hunters; ago *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 men came armed with knives and muskets.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:musket:x1:1
# text = The men came armed with knives and muskets.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	armed	armed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	knives	knife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	muskets	musket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the men |  |  |  |  | with knives and muskets; armed *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The musket went off with a bang.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:musket:x2:1
# text = The musket went off with a bang.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	musket	musket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bang	bang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** | past | the musket |  |  |  |  | with a bang | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Buldeo carried the Tower musket.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:musket:x3:1
# text = Buldeo carried the Tower musket.
1	Buldeo	Buldeo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Tower	Tower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	musket	musket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | Buldeo | the Tower musket |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent musket=Theme |

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