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title: retinue — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «retinue» in the school dictionary: A retinue is the group of people who travel with and serve an important person, such as a king or an emperor. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# retinue

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**Who acts:** retinue, people, It, Emperor, Abbot · **What happens:** be, travel, serve, set out, come · **To what, where:** group, important person, King

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A retinue is the group of people who travel with and serve an important person, such as a king or an emperor.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retinue:m1:1
# text = A retinue is the group of people who travel with and serve an important person, such as a king or an emperor.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	retinue	retinue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	travel	travel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	20	case	_	_
18	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	fixed	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 retinue | the group |  |  |  | of people | tree rules |
| 2 | **travel** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **serve** | infinitive | people *not said here* | a important person |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Attribute |

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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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It was the King and his retinue.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retinue:x1:1
# text = It was the King and his retinue.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
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	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	retinue	retinue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	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 | It | the King and his retinue |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The Emperor set out with his retinue.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retinue:x2:1
# text = The Emperor set out with his retinue.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	retinue	retinue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set out** | past | the Emperor |  |  |  |  | with Emperor's retinue | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The Abbot came with a goodly retinue of knights.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retinue:x3:1
# text = The Abbot came with a goodly retinue of knights.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Abbot	Abbot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	goodly	goodly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	retinue	retinue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the Abbot |  |  |  |  | with a goodly retinue of knights | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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