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title: waggoner — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «waggoner» in the school dictionary: A waggoner is a person who drives a waggon, especially a farm worker long ago. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# waggoner

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**Who acts:** waggoner, person, king · **What happens:** be, drive, crack, walk, hire, carry · **To what, where:** person, waggon, whip, waggoner, load

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A waggoner is a person who drives a waggon, especially a farm worker long ago.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waggoner:m1:1
# text = A waggoner is a person who drives a waggon, especially a farm worker long ago.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waggoner	waggoner	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drives	drive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	waggon	waggon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 waggoner | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drive** | present | a person | a waggon |  |  |  | a farm worker *obl*; ago *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waggon=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: old spelling — kept apart, not parsed.

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The same as "wagoner".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waggoner:m2:1
# text = The same as "wagoner".
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	wagoner	wagoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The waggoner cracked his whip.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waggoner:x1:1
# text = The waggoner cracked his whip.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waggoner	waggoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	whip	whip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | past | the waggoner | waggoner's whip |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whip=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A waggoner walked beside his horses.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waggoner:x2:1
# text = A waggoner walked beside his horses.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waggoner	waggoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	beside	beside	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	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	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 | **walk** | past | a waggoner |  |  |  |  | beside waggoner's horses | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside horse=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The king hired a waggoner to carry the load.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waggoner:x3:1
# text = The king hired a waggoner to carry the load.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hired	hire	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	waggoner	waggoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hire** | past | the king | a waggoner |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waggoner=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the load |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=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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