festival

Who acts: people, Diwali, town, we, Eid, you · What happens: celebrate, be, have, bring, go, meet · To what, where: something, festival, music festival, food, harvest festival, happy festival

«festival» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: festival in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A special day or time when people celebrate something, often with traditions, food, music or religious ceremonies, like Diwali, Eid or Hanukkah.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 day	det
2	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 day	amod
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 time	cc
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 day	conj
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 celebrate	mark
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 celebrate	nsubj
8	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 day	advcl
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 celebrate	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 traditions	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	13 traditions	advmod
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 traditions	case
13	traditions	tradition	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 something	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 food	punct
15	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 traditions	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 music	punct
17	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 food	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 ceremonies	cc
19	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 ceremonies	amod
20	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 food	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 Diwali	punct
22	like	like	ADP	_	23 Diwali	case
23	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 ceremonies	appos
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 Eid	punct
25	Eid	Eid	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Diwali	conj
26	or	or	CCONJ	_	27 Hanukkah	cc
27	Hanukkah	Hanukkah	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Diwali	conj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 day	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	present	people	something					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme

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

An organised event with lots of performances or activities, like a music festival, a book festival or a film festival.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 event	det
2	organised	organised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 event	amod
3	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 lots	case
5	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 event	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 performances	case
7	performances	performance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lots	nmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 activities	cc
9	activities	activity	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 performances	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 festival	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 festival	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 festival	det
13	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 festival	compound
14	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 performances	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 festival	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 festival	det
17	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 festival	compound
18	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 event	conj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 festival	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 festival	det
21	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 festival	compound
22	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 festival	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 event	punct

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

Example 1

Diwali is a festival of lights.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 festival	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 festival	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 festival	det
4	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 lights	case
6	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 festival	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 festival	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Diwali	a festival				of lights	tree rules

Example 2

Our town has a music festival every summer.

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	2 town	nmod:poss
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 festival	det
5	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 festival	compound
6	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 summer	det
8	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Our town	a music festival			summer		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent festival=Patient

Example 3

At the harvest festival we brought food for the food bank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 festival	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 festival	det
3	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 festival	compound
4	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brought	obl
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 brought	nsubj
6	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brought	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 bank	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bank	det
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bank	compound
11	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brought	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	we	food		the harvest festival		for the food bank	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Example 4

Eid is a happy festival at the end of Ramadan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eid	Eid	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 festival	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 festival	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 festival	det
4	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 festival	amod
5	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 festival	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Ramadan	case
10	Ramadan	Ramadan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 end	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 festival	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Eid	a happy festival			at the end of Ramadan		tree rules

Example 5

Lunar New Year is celebrated with dragons and red envelopes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lunar	Lunar	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Year	compound
2	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Year	compound
3	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 celebrated	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 celebrated	aux:pass
5	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 dragons	case
7	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 celebrated	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 envelopes	cc
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 envelopes	amod
10	envelopes	envelope	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dragons	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 celebrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	present · passive		Lunar New Year				with dragons and red envelopes	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 6

We went to a book festival and met an author.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 festival	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 festival	det
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 festival	compound
6	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 met	cc
8	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 author	det
10	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 met	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	We			a book festival			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to festival=Initial_Location
2	meet	past	We not said here	a author					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent author=Co-Agent

Example 7

If you get lost at the festival, go to the meeting point.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 lost	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 lost	nsubj
3	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	aux:pass
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 go	advcl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 festival	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 festival	det
7	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lost	punct
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 point	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 point	det
12	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 point	compound
13	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		you		the festival			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	go	imperative	you not said here			the meeting point			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to point=Initial_Location

Example 8

Matariki is a festival in New Zealand that marks the Māori New Year.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Matariki	Matariki	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 festival	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 festival	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 festival	det
4	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Zealand	case
6	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Zealand	flat
7	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 festival	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 marks	nsubj
9	marks	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 festival	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Year	det
11	Māori	Māori	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Year	compound
12	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Year	compound
13	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 marks	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 festival	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Matariki	a festival		New Zealand			tree rules
2	mark	present	that	the Māori New Year					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent year=Theme

Example 9

This festival was celebrated in honour of Ceres.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 festival	det
2	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 celebrated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 celebrated	aux:pass
4	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 honour	case
6	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 celebrated	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Ceres	case
8	Ceres	Ceres	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 honour	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 celebrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	past · passive		this festival		honour of Ceres			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	honour			Ceres					nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient

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