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title: palladium — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «palladium» in the school dictionary: A thing that is believed to keep a city or people safe from harm. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# palladium

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**Who acts:** temple, People, city, Palladium, old tree · **What happens:** believe, keep, hold, be, stand · **To what, where:** thing, city, sacred Palladium, palladium · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A thing that is believed to keep a city or people safe from harm.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palladium:m1:1
# text = A thing that is believed to keep a city or people safe from harm.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present · passive |  | a thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | a city or people |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=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 temple held the sacred Palladium of Troy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palladium:x1:1
# text = The temple held the sacred Palladium of Troy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	held	hold	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	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Palladium	palladium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Troy	Troy	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 | **hold** | past | the temple | the sacred Palladium of Troy |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palladium=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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People believed the city was safe while the Palladium stood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palladium:x2:1
# text = People believed the city was safe while the Palladium stood.
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Palladium	palladium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | past | People |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | the city |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **stand** | past | the Palladium |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Our old tree was a palladium for the village.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palladium:x3:1
# text = Our old tree was a palladium for the village.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	palladium	palladium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Our old tree | a palladium |  |  |  | for the village | tree rules |

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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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