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title: vizier — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «vizier» in the school dictionary: A vizier was a high minister or adviser to a king or sultan in old Eastern lands. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# vizier

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**Who acts:** vizier, son, Joy · **What happens:** be, call, exclaim · **To what, where:** high minister, young man, court, king, son · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«vizier» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [vizier in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vizier.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A vizier was a high minister or adviser to a king or sultan in old Eastern lands.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vizier:m1:1
# text = A vizier was a high minister or adviser to a king or sultan in old Eastern lands.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vizier	vizier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	adviser	adviser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	sultan	sultan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	Eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | a vizier | a high minister or adviser to a king or sultan in old Eastern lands |  |  |  |  | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: in fairy tales — kept apart, not parsed.

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A vizier's son is a young man of noble birth at the king's court.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vizier:m2:1
# text = A vizier's son is a young man of noble birth at the king's court.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vizier	vizier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a vizier's son | a young man |  | the king's court |  | of noble birth | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king called for his vizier.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vizier:x1:1
# text = The king called for his vizier.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	vizier	vizier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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** | participle |  | the king *not said here* |  |  |  | for king's vizier | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for vizier=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The vizier's son was brave and kind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vizier:x2:1
# text = The vizier's son was brave and kind.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vizier	vizier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	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 vizier's son |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the vizier's son *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Joy, joy!" exclaimed the vizier's son.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vizier:x3:1
# text = "Joy, joy!" exclaimed the vizier's son.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Joy	Joy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
7	exclaimed	exclaim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	vizier	vizier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | Joy | the vizier's son |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent son=Topic |

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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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