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title: schoolmaster — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «schoolmaster» in the school dictionary: A schoolmaster is a man who teaches in a school. In old tales the schoolmaster is often a village teacher who can read and write when few others can. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# schoolmaster

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**Who acts:** schoolmaster, man, village teacher, You, village schoolmaster, pupils · **What happens:** be, teach, read, write, keep, work · **To what, where:** man, school, village teacher, old tales, daughter, us

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A schoolmaster is a man who teaches in a school. In old tales the schoolmaster is often a village teacher who can read and write when few others can.

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*Sentence 1:* A schoolmaster is a man who teaches in a school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:schoolmaster:m1:1
# text = A schoolmaster is a man who teaches in a school.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	schoolmaster	schoolmaster	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	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	teaches	teach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 schoolmaster | a man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | a man |  |  | a school |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* In old tales the schoolmaster is often a village teacher who can read and write when few others can.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:schoolmaster:m1:2
# text = In old tales the schoolmaster is often a village teacher who can read and write when few others can.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
16	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	19	mark	_	_
17	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the schoolmaster | a village teacher |  | old tales |  | often *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | can | a village teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **write** | infinitive | a village teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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You are the schoolmaster's daughter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:schoolmaster:x1:1
# text = You are the schoolmaster's daughter.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | You | the schoolmaster's daughter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The schoolmaster taught us to read and write.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:schoolmaster:x2:1
# text = The schoolmaster taught us to read and write.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | the schoolmaster |  | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **read** | to-infinitive | the schoolmaster *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **write** | infinitive | the schoolmaster *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The village schoolmaster kept his pupils working hard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:schoolmaster:x3:1
# text = The village schoolmaster kept his pupils working hard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the village schoolmaster | schoolmaster's pupils |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | gerund | schoolmaster's pupils *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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