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title: sentry — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sentry» in the school dictionary: A soldier who stands guard at a gate, building or camp to check who comes and to watch for danger. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sentry

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**Who acts:** soldier, job, sentry, guards, spies, captain · **What happens:** stand, check, come, watch, guard, be · **To what, where:** guard, gate, palace gates, sentry duty, sentry boxes, sleeping sentry · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«sentry» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [sentry in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sentry.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A soldier who stands guard at a gate, building or camp to check who comes and to watch for danger.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sentry:m1:1
# text = A soldier who stands guard at a gate, building or camp to check who comes and to watch for danger.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | a soldier | guard |  | a gate and building or camp |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent guard=Theme at gate=Destination |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | a soldier *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **watch** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for danger | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for danger=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}

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Usage: also sentry duty — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The job of guarding.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sentry:m2:1
# text = The job of guarding.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	guarding	guard	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | gerund | the job *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sentry stood at the palace gates.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sentry:x1:1
# text = A sentry stood at the palace gates.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sentry	sentry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **stand** | past | a sentry |  |  | the palace gates |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gate=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The soldier was on sentry duty all night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sentry:x2:1
# text = The soldier was on sentry duty all night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	sentry	sentry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the soldier |  |  | sentry duty | night |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The guards in London stand in sentry boxes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sentry:x3:1
# text = The guards in London stand in sentry boxes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	sentry	sentry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | the guards in London |  |  | sentry boxes |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in box=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The spies crept past the sleeping sentry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sentry:x4:1
# text = The spies crept past the sleeping sentry.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spies	spy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	past	past	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	amod	_	_
7	sentry	sentry	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 | **creep** | past | the spies |  |  | the sleeping sentry |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past sentry=Trajectory |
| 2 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The captain posted a sentry at the camp.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sentry:x5:1
# text = The captain posted a sentry at the camp.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	posted	post	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sentry	sentry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	camp	camp	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 | **post** | past | the captain | a sentry |  | the camp |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentry=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Halt! Who goes there?" called the sentry.

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*Sentence 1:* "Halt!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sentry:x6:1
# text = "Halt!
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Halt	halt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Who goes there?" called the sentry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sentry:x6:2
# text = Who goes there?" called the sentry.
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
6	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sentry	sentry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **call** *in a quote* | participle |  | the sentry |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"You must not shout so," said the sentry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sentry:x7:1
# text = "You must not shout so," said the sentry.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sentry	sentry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **shout** *speech: express* *in a quote* | must | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the sentry |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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