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title: talisman — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «talisman» in the school dictionary: A talisman is an object believed to bring luck or protection, a charm. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# talisman

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**Who acts:** talisman, She, talismans · **What happens:** be, believe, bring, wear, fall, break · **To what, where:** object, luck, talisman, ancestors

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A talisman is an object believed to bring luck or protection, a charm.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:talisman:m1:1
# text = A talisman is an object believed to bring luck or protection, a charm.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	talisman	talisman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 talisman | a object |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | participle |  | a object *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive |  | luck or protection and a charm |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent luck=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She wore a talisman round her neck for luck.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:talisman:x1:1
# text = She wore a talisman round her neck for luck.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	talisman	talisman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | She | a talisman |  |  |  | round her neck; for luck | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent talisman=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The talisman fell and broke.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:talisman:x2:1
# text = The talisman fell and broke.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	talisman	talisman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | the talisman |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | past | the talisman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
These talismans came from our ancestors long ago.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:talisman:x3:1
# text = These talismans came from our ancestors long ago.
1	These	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	talismans	talisman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | this talismans |  |  | our ancestors |  | ago *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from ancestor=Initial\_Location |

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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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