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title: sorceress — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sorceress» in the school dictionary: A sorceress is a woman who uses magic, often for evil purposes; a female sorcerer. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sorceress

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**Who acts:** sorceress, woman, frog, Munchkins, witches, Boq · **What happens:** be, use, wave, become, bow, wear · **To what, where:** woman, magic, wand, prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A sorceress is a woman who uses magic, often for evil purposes; a female sorcerer.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sorceress:m1:1
# text = A sorceress is a woman who uses magic, often for evil purposes; a female sorcerer.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sorceress	sorceress	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	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	purposes	purpose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	sorcerer	sorcerer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 sorceress | a woman and a female sorcerer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | present | a woman and a female sorcerer | magic |  |  |  | for evil purposes | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent magic=Theme for purpose=Eventuality |

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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 sorceress waved her wand and the frog became a prince.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sorceress:x1:1
# text = The sorceress waved her wand and the frog became a prince.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sorceress	sorceress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | the sorceress | sorceress's wand |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Patient |
| 2 | **become** | past | the frog | a prince |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The Munchkins bowed to the good sorceress.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sorceress:x2:1
# text = The Munchkins bowed to the good sorceress.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Munchkins	munchkin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sorceress	sorceress	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 | **bow** | past | the Munchkins |  |  |  |  | to the good sorceress | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to sorceress=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Only witches and sorceresses wear white, Boq said.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sorceress:x3:1
# text = Only witches and sorceresses wear white, Boq said.
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	witches	witch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sorceresses	sorceress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	Boq	Boq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | witches and sorceresses |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Boq |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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