background Who acts: background, you, your, Background information, facts, mountains · What happens: be, come, educate, need, understand, mean · To what, where: part, main things, family, education, facts, something
«background» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: background in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The background of a picture or scene is the part behind the main things, furthest from you.
The tree, 17 words det nsubj case det nmod cc conj cop det case det amod nmod punct nmod case obl punct root The DET background NOUN of ADP a DET picture NOUN or CCONJ scene NOUN is AUX the DET part NOUN behind ADP the DET main ADJ things NOUN , PUNCT furthest ADJ from ADP you PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 background det 2 background background NOUN Number=Sing 10 part nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 picture case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 picture det 5 picture picture NOUN Number=Sing 2 background nmod 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 scene cc 7 scene scene NOUN Number=Sing 5 picture conj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 part cop 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 part det 10 part part NOUN Number=Sing root root 11 behind behind ADP _ 14 things case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 things det 13 main main ADJ Degree=Pos 14 things amod 14 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 10 part nmod 15 , , PUNCT _ 16 furthest punct 16 furthest furth ADJ Degree=Sup 14 things nmod 17 from from ADP _ 18 you case 18 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 16 furthest obl 19 . . PUNCT _ 10 part punct
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1 is a present the background of a picture or scene the part the main things furthest tree rules
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 Your background is your family, your culture, where you come from, your education and experience.
The tree, 15 words nmod:poss nsubj cop nmod:poss punct nmod:poss conj punct advmod nsubj conj case punct nmod:poss obl cc conj punct root Your PRON background NOUN is AUX your PRON family NOUN , PUNCT your PRON culture NOUN , PUNCT where ADV you PRON come VERB from ADP , PUNCT your PRON education NOUN and CCONJ experience NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 background nmod:poss 2 background background NOUN Number=Sing 5 family nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 family cop 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 family nmod:poss 5 family family NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 culture punct 7 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 culture nmod:poss 8 culture culture NOUN Number=Sing 5 family conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 come punct 10 where where ADV PronType=Rel 12 come advmod 11 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 12 come nsubj 12 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 family conj 13 from from ADP _ 16 education case 14 , , PUNCT _ 16 education punct 15 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 16 education nmod:poss 16 education education NOUN Number=Sing 12 come obl 17 and and CCONJ _ 18 experience cc 18 experience experience NOUN Number=Sing 16 education conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 5 family punct
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1 is a present Your background your family and your culture tree rules 2 come present you your education and experience vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from education=Initial_Location 3 educate your nom education «act transitive»: poss=agent
Meaning 3 Background information is the facts you need to understand something.
compound nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl mark xcomp obj punct root Background NOUN information NOUN is AUX the DET facts NOUN you PRON need VERB to PART understand VERB something PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Background background NOUN Number=Sing 2 information compound 2 information information NOUN Number=Sing 5 facts nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 facts cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 facts det 5 facts fact NOUN Number=Plur root root 6 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 need nsubj 7 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 facts acl:relcl 8 to to PART _ 9 understand mark 9 understand understand VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 need xcomp 10 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 9 understand obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 facts punct
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1 is a present Background information the facts tree rules 2 need present you the facts not said here tree rules 3 understand not said to happen to-infinitive the facts not said here something vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus
Meaning 4 In the background means present but not the centre of attention: background music, background noise.
The tree, 15 words case det obl xcomp cc advmod det conj case nmod punct compound parataxis punct compound conj punct root In ADP the DET background NOUN means VERB present ADJ but CCONJ not PART the DET centre NOUN of ADP attention NOUN : PUNCT background NOUN music NOUN , PUNCT background NOUN noise NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 background case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 background det 3 background background NOUN Number=Sing 4 means obl 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 present present ADJ Degree=Pos 4 means xcomp 6 but but CCONJ _ 9 centre cc 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 centre advmod 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 centre det 9 centre centre NOUN Number=Sing 5 present conj 10 of of ADP _ 11 attention case 11 attention attention NOUN Number=Sing 9 centre nmod 12 : : PUNCT _ 14 music punct 13 background background NOUN Number=Sing 14 music compound 14 music music NOUN Number=Sing 4 means parataxis 15 , , PUNCT _ 17 noise punct 16 background background NOUN Number=Sing 17 noise compound 17 noise noise NOUN Number=Sing 14 music conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
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1 mean present in the background; present property vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in background=Attribute
Example 1 The mountains are in the background of the painting.
det nsubj cop case det case det nmod punct root The DET mountains NOUN are AUX in ADP the DET background NOUN of ADP the DET painting NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 mountains det 2 mountains mountain NOUN Number=Plur 6 background nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 background cop 4 in in ADP _ 6 background case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 background det 6 background background NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 9 painting case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 painting det 9 painting painting NOUN Number=Sing 6 background nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 background punct
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1 is present the mountains the background of the painting tree rules
Example 2 Our class photo has the school in the background.
nmod:poss compound nsubj det obj case det nmod punct root Our PRON class NOUN photo NOUN has VERB the DET school NOUN in ADP the DET background NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 photo nmod:poss 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 photo compound 3 photo photo NOUN Number=Sing 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 school det 6 school school NOUN Number=Sing 4 has obj 7 in in ADP _ 9 background case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 background det 9 background background NOUN Number=Sing 6 school nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 has punct
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1 have present Our class photo the school the background vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Patient
Example 3 There was a lot of background noise in the café.
expl det nsubj case compound nmod case det nmod punct root There PRON was VERB a DET lot NOUN of ADP background NOUN noise NOUN in ADP the DET café NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 was expl 2 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 lot det 4 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 2 was nsubj 5 of of ADP _ 7 noise case 6 background background NOUN Number=Sing 7 noise compound 7 noise noise NOUN Number=Sing 4 lot nmod 8 in in ADP _ 10 café case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 café det 10 café café NOUN Number=Sing 7 noise nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 was punct
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1 be past a lot of background noise in the café there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 The teacher gave us some background on the war.
det nsubj iobj det obj case det obl punct root The DET teacher NOUN gave VERB us PRON some DET background NOUN on ADP the DET war NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 teacher det 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave nsubj 3 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 gave iobj 5 some some DET PronType=Ind 6 background det 6 background background NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obj 7 on on ADP _ 9 war case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 war det 9 war war NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 gave punct
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1 give past the teacher some background us the war vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent we=Recipient background=Theme on war=Asset
Example 5 Children in our class come from many different backgrounds.
nsubj case nmod:poss nmod case amod amod obl punct root Children NOUN in ADP our PRON class NOUN come VERB from ADP many ADJ different ADJ backgrounds NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Children child NOUN Number=Plur 5 come nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 4 class case 3 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 class nmod:poss 4 class class NOUN Number=Sing 1 Children nmod 5 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 from from ADP _ 9 backgrounds case 7 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 9 backgrounds amod 8 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 9 backgrounds amod 9 backgrounds background NOUN Number=Plur 5 come obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 come punct
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1 come present Children in our class many different backgrounds vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from background=Initial_Location
Example 6 Soft music played in the background.
amod acl case det obl punct root Soft ADJ music NOUN played VERB in ADP the DET background NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 2 music amod 2 music music NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 played play VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 music acl 4 in in ADP _ 6 background case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 background det 6 background background NOUN Number=Sing 3 played obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 music punct
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1 play participle Soft music not said here the background vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 I changed the background on my tablet to a picture of my dog.
nsubj det obj case nmod:poss obl case det obl case nmod:poss nmod punct root I PRON changed VERB the DET background NOUN on ADP my PRON tablet NOUN to ADP a DET picture NOUN of ADP my PRON dog NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 changed nsubj 2 changed change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 background det 4 background background NOUN Number=Sing 2 changed obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 tablet case 6 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 tablet nmod:poss 7 tablet tablet NOUN Number=Sing 2 changed obl 8 to to ADP _ 10 picture case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 picture det 10 picture picture NOUN Number=Sing 2 changed obl 11 of of ADP _ 13 dog case 12 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 dog nmod:poss 13 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 10 picture nmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 changed punct
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1 change past I the background my tablet to a picture of my dog vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent background=Patient
Example 8 The app keeps running in the background.
det nsubj xcomp case det obl punct root The DET app NOUN keeps VERB running VERB in ADP the DET background NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 app det 2 app app NOUN Number=Sing 3 keeps nsubj 3 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 running run VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 keeps xcomp 5 in in ADP _ 7 background case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 background det 7 background background NOUN Number=Sing 4 running obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 keeps punct
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1 keep present the app tree rules 2 run gerund the app not said here the background vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in background=Trajectory
Example 9 Fortunately for him the demons did not see him, as the tree was in the background.
The tree, 16 words advmod case obl det nsubj aux advmod obj punct mark det nsubj cop case det obl punct root Fortunately ADV for ADP him PRON the DET demons NOUN did AUX not PART see VERB him PRON , PUNCT as SCONJ the DET tree NOUN was AUX in ADP the DET background NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fortunately fortunately ADV _ 8 see advmod 2 for for ADP _ 3 him case 3 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Fortunately obl 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 demons det 5 demons demon NOUN Number=Plur 8 see nsubj 6 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 see aux 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 see advmod 8 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 9 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 see obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 17 background punct 11 as as SCONJ _ 17 background mark 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 tree det 13 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 17 background nsubj 14 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 17 background cop 15 in in ADP _ 17 background case 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 background det 17 background background NOUN Number=Sing 8 see obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 8 see punct
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1 not see past · do-support the demons him = he fortunately property vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus 2 is past the tree the background tree rules
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