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culminate

Who acts: dragon, science project, Our · What happens: culminate, be, point, win, defeat, project · To what, where: something, school year, big summer show, Weeks, cup, adventure

«culminate» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: culminate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To culminate is to reach the highest or final point of something, often after a long time or many steps.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 culminate	mark
2	culminate	culminate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reach	conj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reach	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 reach	mark
5	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 point	det
7	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 point	amod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 point	cc
9	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 point	amod
10	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reach	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 something	case
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 point	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 time	punct
14	often	often	ADV	_	18 time	advmod
15	after	after	ADP	_	18 time	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 time	det
17	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 time	amod
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reach	obl:unmarked
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 steps	cc
20	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 steps	amod
21	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 time	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 reach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	culminate	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	is	present					time	reach property	tree rules
3	point			something					nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

The school year culminated in a big summer show.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 year	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 year	compound
3	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	culminated	culminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 year	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 show	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 show	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 show	amod
8	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 show	compound
9	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 culminated	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 year	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	culminate	participle		the school year not said here		a big summer show			tree rules

Example 2

Weeks of training culminated in winning the cup.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 culminated	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 training	case
3	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 culminated	obl
4	culminated	culminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	SCONJ	_	6 winning	mark
6	winning	win	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 culminated	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cup	det
8	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 winning	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 culminated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	culminate	participle · passive		Weeks				of training	tree rules
2	win	gerund		the cup					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Eventuality

Example 3

The adventure culminated with the dragon's defeat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adventure	det
2	adventure	adventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	culminated	culminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 adventure	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 defeat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dragon	det
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 defeat	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 dragon	case
8	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 culminated	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 adventure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	culminate	participle		the adventure not said here				with the dragon's defeat	tree rules
2	defeat		the dragon						nom defeat «event transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

The protests culminated in a new law.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 protests	det
2	protests	protest	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	culminated	culminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 protests	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 law	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 law	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 law	amod
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 culminated	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 protests	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	culminate	participle		the protests not said here		a new law			tree rules

Example 5

Our science project culminated in a trip to the museum.

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 project	nmod:poss
2	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 project	compound
3	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 culminated	nsubj
4	culminated	culminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 trip	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trip	det
7	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 culminated	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 museum	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 museum	det
10	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trip	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 culminated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	culminate	participle	Our science project			a trip to the museum			tree rules
2	project		Our						nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

Years of hard work culminated in her first book.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 work	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 work	case
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 work	amod
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	culminated	culminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 work	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 book	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 book	nmod:poss
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 book	amod
9	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 culminated	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	culminate	participle		hard work not said here		her first book			tree rules

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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