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title: sailor — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sailor» in the school dictionary: A sailor is a person who works on a ship or boat, especially as part of its crew. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# sailor

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**Who acts:** sailor, person, uncle, sailors, She, I · **What happens:** be, work, sail, climb up, pull, use · **To what, where:** person, member, boats, mast, sailor, Navy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«sailor» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [sailor in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sailor.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sailor is a person who works on a ship or boat, especially as part of its crew.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sailor:m1:1
# text = A sailor is a person who works on a ship or boat, especially as part of its crew.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sailor	sailor	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a sailor | a person and part of sailor's crew |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | present | a person and part of sailor's crew |  |  |  |  | on a ship or boat | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on ship=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sailor is a member of a navy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sailor:m2:1
# text = A sailor is a member of a navy.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sailor	sailor	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	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	navy	navy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a sailor | a member |  |  |  | of a navy | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sailor is a person who sails boats for fun or sport.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sailor:m3:1
# text = A sailor is a person who sails boats for fun or sport.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sailor	sailor	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sails	sail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a sailor | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sail** | present | a person | boats |  |  |  | for fun or sport | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent boat=Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sailor climbed up the mast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sailor:x1:1
# text = The sailor climbed up the mast.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mast	mast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | past | the sailor | the mast |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location mast=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My uncle was a sailor in the Navy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sailor:x2:1
# text = My uncle was a sailor in the Navy.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Navy	navy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | My uncle | a sailor |  | the Navy |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sailors pulled hard on the ropes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sailor:x3:1
# text = The sailors pulled hard on the ropes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | the sailors |  |  |  |  | on the ropes; hard *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on rope=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sailors used the stars to find their way at night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sailor:x4:1
# text = Sailors used the stars to find their way at night.
1	Sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	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	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | Sailors | the stars |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Sailors *not said here* | Sailors's way |  |  | night |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She is a keen sailor and races dinghies at weekends.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sailor:x5:1
# text = She is a keen sailor and races dinghies at weekends.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	races	race	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	dinghies	dinghy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	weekends	weekend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | She | a keen sailor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **race** | present | She *not said here* | dinghies |  |  | weekend |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinghy=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I'm not a good sailor; I get seasick on boats.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sailor:x6:1
# text = I'm not a good sailor; I get seasick on boats.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	seasick	seasick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | I | a good sailor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | I |  |  | boats |  | seasick *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on boat=Source |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old sailor told stories of storms at sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sailor:x7:1
# text = The old sailor told stories of storms at sea.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	storms	storm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the old sailor | stories of storms |  | sea |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every sailor must wear a life jacket.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sailor:x8:1
# text = Every sailor must wear a life jacket.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | must | every sailor | a life jacket |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent jacket=Theme |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Presently the sailors lowered the anchor and landed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sailor:x9:1
# text = Presently the sailors lowered the anchor and landed.
1	Presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lowered	lower	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	anchor	anchor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lower** | past | the sailors | the anchor |  |  |  | presently *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anchor=Theme |
| 2 | **land** | past | the sailors *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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