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title: pugilist — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pugilist» in the school dictionary: A pugilist is a boxer, a person who fights with the fists for sport. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pugilist

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**Who acts:** pugilist, person · **What happens:** be, fight, win, train · **To what, where:** boxer, fight, town, Pollux first, young pugilist

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A pugilist is a boxer, a person who fights with the fists for sport.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pugilist:m1:1
# text = A pugilist is a boxer, a person who fights with the fists for sport.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pugilist	pugilist	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	boxer	boxer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	fights	fight	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fists	fist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 pugilist | a boxer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | with the fists; for sport | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with fist=Co-Agent |

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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 pugilist won every fight in the town.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pugilist:x1:1
# text = The pugilist won every fight in the town.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pugilist	pugilist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	town	town	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 | **win** | past | the pugilist | every fight |  | the town |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Pollux was the first of the pugilists.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pugilist:x2:1
# text = Pollux was the first of the pugilists.
1	Pollux	pollux	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	first	first	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pugilists	pugilist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Pollux first |  |  |  | of the pugilists | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The young pugilist trained every morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pugilist:x3:1
# text = The young pugilist trained every morning.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pugilist	pugilist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | participle |  | the young pugilist *not said here* |  |  | morning |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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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