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title: stepson — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «stepson» in the school dictionary: A stepson is a boy who is the child of your husband or wife from an earlier marriage, not your own child by birth. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# stepson

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**Who acts:** stepson, boy, He · **What happens:** be, hurry, call, play · **To what, where:** boy, child, earlier marriage, stepson, football · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A stepson is a boy who is the child of your husband or wife from an earlier marriage, not your own child by birth.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stepson:m1:1
# text = A stepson is a boy who is the child of your husband or wife from an earlier marriage, not your own child by birth.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stepson	stepson	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	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	18	amod	_	_
18	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
21	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
22	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
24	by	by	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	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 stepson | a boy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a boy | the child |  | a earlier marriage and your own child by birth |  | of your husband or wife | tree rules |

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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 stepson hurried home.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stepson:x1:1
# text = The stepson hurried home.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stepson	stepson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hurried	hurry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurry** | past | the stepson |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He called his stepson to him.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stepson:x2:1
# text = He called his stepson to him.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	stepson	stepson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | He | his stepson | stepson |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent stepson=Topic to he=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My stepson plays football on Saturdays.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stepson:x3:1
# text = My stepson plays football on Saturdays.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	stepson	stepson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Saturdays	Saturday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	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 | **play** | present | My stepson | football |  |  | saturday |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |

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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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