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title: ostler — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ostler» in the school dictionary: An ostler is a man who looked after horses at an inn in the old days. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ostler

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**Who acts:** ostler, man · **What happens:** be, look, brush, lead, take · **To what, where:** man, tired horse, coach horses, horses, stable

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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An ostler is a man who looked after horses at an inn in the old days.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ostler:m1:1
# text = An ostler is a man who looked after horses at an inn in the old days.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ostler	ostler	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	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 ostler | a man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | past | a man |  |  |  | after horses; day | at a inn | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at inn=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 ostler brushed the tired horse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ostler:x1:1
# text = The ostler brushed the tired horse.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ostler	ostler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brushed	brush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brush** | past | the ostler |  | the tired horse |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The ostler led the coach horses into the yard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ostler:x2:1
# text = The ostler led the coach horses into the yard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ostler	ostler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	yard	yard	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 | **lead** | past | the ostler | the coach horses |  |  |  | into the yard | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme into yard=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The ostler took our horses to the stable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ostler:x3:1
# text = The ostler took our horses to the stable.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ostler	ostler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stable	stable	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 | **take** | past | the ostler | our horses |  | the stable |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to stable=Destination |

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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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