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title: schooner — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «schooner» in the school dictionary: A schooner is a sailing ship with two or more masts, whose sails are set lengthwise along the ship. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# schooner

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**Who acts:** schooner, We, captain · **What happens:** be, set, sail, see, steer · **To what, where:** sailing ship, sails, ship, bay, schooner, harbour

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A schooner is a sailing ship with two or more masts, whose sails are set lengthwise along the ship.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:schooner:m1:1
# text = A schooner is a sailing ship with two or more masts, whose sails are set lengthwise along the ship.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	schooner	schooner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sailing	sailing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	conj	_	_
11	masts	mast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
17	lengthwise	lengthwise	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	along	along	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a schooner | a sailing ship |  |  |  | with two masts | tree rules |
| 2 | **set** | present · passive |  | sails |  | the ship |  | lengthwise *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme along ship=Destination |

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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 schooner sailed across the bay.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:schooner:x1:1
# text = The schooner sailed across the bay.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	schooner	schooner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bay	bay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | past | the schooner |  |  | the bay |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across bay=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We saw a schooner with white sails.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:schooner:x2:1
# text = We saw a schooner with white sails.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	schooner	schooner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | We | a schooner |  |  |  | with white sails | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer schooner=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The captain steered the schooner into the harbour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:schooner:x3:1
# text = The captain steered the schooner into the harbour.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	steered	steer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	schooner	schooner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	harbour	harbour	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 | **steer** | past | the captain | the schooner |  | the harbour |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent schooner=Theme into harbour=Destination |

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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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