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title: orator — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «orator» in the school dictionary: An orator is a person who is skilled at making speeches in public. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# orator

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**Who acts:** orator, person, class captain, words · **What happens:** be, make, stand, speak, stir, word · **To what, where:** person, speeches, public, fine orator, everyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An orator is a person who is skilled at making speeches in public.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:orator:m1:1
# text = An orator is a person who is skilled at making speeches in public.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	orator	orator	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	skilled	skilled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	speeches	speech	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 orator | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | skilled *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | gerund | a person *not said here* | speeches |  | public |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset speech=Product |

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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 orator stood on the steps and spoke to the crowd.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:orator:x1:1
# text = The orator stood on the steps and spoke to the crowd.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	orator	orator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the orator |  |  |  |  | on the steps | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the orator *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the crowd | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to crowd=Co-Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Our class captain is a fine orator.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:orator:x2:1
# text = Our class captain is a fine orator.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	orator	orator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Our class captain | a fine orator |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The orator's words stirred everyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:orator:x3:1
# text = The orator's words stirred everyone.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	orator	orator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stirred	stir	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stir** | past | the orator's words | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus everyone=Experiencer |
| 2 | **word** |  | the orator |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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