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title: possessor — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «possessor» in the school dictionary: A possessor is someone who owns or has a thing, often a special or magic one. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# possessor

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**Who acts:** possessor, snake, peasant, gift · **What happens:** be, own, have, become, make · **To what, where:** someone, thing, possessor, life

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A possessor is someone who owns or has a thing, often a special or magic one.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:possessor:m1:1
# text = A possessor is someone who owns or has a thing, often a special or magic one.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	possessor	possessor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a possessor | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **own** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **have** | present |  | a thing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |

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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 snake is often the possessor of magic fluids.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:possessor:x1:1
# text = The snake is often the possessor of magic fluids.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	possessor	possessor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fluids	fluid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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** | present | the snake | the possessor |  |  |  | of magic fluids; often *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Our peasant became the possessor of the goose.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:possessor:x2:1
# text = Our peasant became the possessor of the goose.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	possessor	possessor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **become** | past | Our peasant | the possessor of the goose |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The gift makes life a constant happiness to its possessor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:possessor:x3:1
# text = The gift makes life a constant happiness to its possessor.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	constant	constant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	possessor	possessor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the gift | life |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset life=Beneficiary happiness=Product |

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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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