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title: oberon — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «oberon» in the school dictionary: The king of the fairies in old European folklore and stories. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# oberon

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**Who acts:** Oberon, William · **What happens:** be, quarrell, discover, cover · **To what, where:** king, magic flower, one, Oberon, moon

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«oberon» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: [oberon in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oberon.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king of the fairies in old European folklore and stories.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oberon:m1:1
# text = The king of the fairies in old European folklore and stories.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	European	European	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	folklore	folklore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The second-largest moon of the planet Uranus.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oberon:m2:1
# text = The second-largest moon of the planet Uranus.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Uranus	Uranus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Oberon is the king of the fairies in the old stories.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oberon:x1:1
# text = Oberon is the king of the fairies in the old stories.
1	Oberon	Oberon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Oberon | the king |  |  |  | of the fairies in the old stories | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Oberon and Titania quarrelled over a magic flower.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oberon:x2:1
# text = Oberon and Titania quarrelled over a magic flower.
1	Oberon	Oberon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Titania	Titania	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	quarrelled	quarrell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quarrell** | past | Oberon and Titania |  |  | a magic flower |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Oberon is one of the moons of Uranus.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oberon:x3:1
# text = Oberon is one of the moons of Uranus.
1	Oberon	Oberon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	moons	moon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Uranus	Uranus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Oberon | one |  |  |  | of the moons of Uranus | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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William Herschel discovered Oberon with his telescope.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oberon:x4:1
# text = William Herschel discovered Oberon with his telescope.
1	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Herschel	Herschel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	discovered	discover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Oberon	Oberon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	telescope	telescope	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 | **discover** | past | William | Oberon |  |  |  | with William's telescope | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oberon=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The moon Oberon is covered in craters.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oberon:x5:1
# text = The moon Oberon is covered in craters.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	Oberon	Oberon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	craters	crater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present · passive |  | the moon |  |  |  | in craters | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in crater=Theme |

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