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title: rhetorician — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rhetorician» in the school dictionary: A person who is skilled at speaking or writing in a grand, persuasive way; an expert in rhetoric. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rhetorician

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**Who acts:** rhetorician, clever rhetorician · **What happens:** skill, give, win, know, persuade · **To what, where:** person, speaking, long speech, crowd, argument, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A person who is skilled at speaking or writing in a grand, persuasive way; an expert in rhetoric.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rhetorician:m1:1
# text = A person who is skilled at speaking or writing in a grand, persuasive way; an expert in rhetoric.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	skilled	skill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	speaking	speaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	persuasive	persuasive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	expert	expert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	rhetoric	rhetoric	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skill** | present · passive |  | a person and a expert in rhetoric |  | speaking or writing |  | in a grand persuasive way | tree rules |

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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 rhetorician gave a long speech to the crowd.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rhetorician:x1:1
# text = The rhetorician gave a long speech to the crowd.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rhetorician	rhetorician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crowd	crowd	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 | **give** | past | the rhetorician | a long speech | the crowd |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent speech=Theme to crowd=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The clever rhetorician won every argument.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rhetorician:x2:1
# text = The clever rhetorician won every argument.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rhetorician	rhetorician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | the clever rhetorician | every argument |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A rhetorician must know how to persuade people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rhetorician:x3:1
# text = A rhetorician must know how to persuade people.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rhetorician	rhetorician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	persuade	persuade	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | must | a rhetorician |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **persuade** | to-infinitive |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |

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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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