festive

Who acts: Festive, hall, We, festive season, Mum, Everyone · What happens: mean, connect, look, sing, be, make · To what, where: songs, festive mood, busy time, festive pudding, festive jumpers, Many festive evenings

«festive» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: festive in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Festive means happy and cheerful, like a party or celebration.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cheerful	cc
5	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 happy	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 party	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 party	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 party	det
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 celebration	cc
11	celebration	celebration	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 party	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Festive					like a party or celebration; happy property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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

Connected with a holiday or festival, especially Christmas: «the festive season».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Connected	connect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 holiday	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 holiday	det
4	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Connected	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 festival	cc
6	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 holiday	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Christmas	punct
8	especially	especially	ADV	_	9 Christmas	advmod
9	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 holiday	nmod
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 season	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 season	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 season	det
13	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 season	amod
14	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Connected	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 season	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Connected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	connect	participle					season	with a holiday Christmas or festival	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with holiday=Co-Patient

Example 1

The hall looked festive with lights and balloons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hall	det
2	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 lights	case
6	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looked	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 balloons	cc
8	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lights	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the hall					with lights and balloons; festive property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 2

We sang songs in a festive mood.

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 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sang	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 mood	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mood	det
6	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mood	amod
7	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	We	songs		a festive mood			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

Example 3

The festive season is a busy time for shops.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 season	det
2	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 season	amod
3	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 time	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 time	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 time	det
6	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 shops	case
9	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 time	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 time	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the festive season	a busy time				for shops	tree rules

Example 4

Mum made a festive pudding.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pudding	det
4	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pudding	amod
5	pudding	pudding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Mum	a festive pudding					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pudding=Product

Example 5

Everyone wore festive jumpers to school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 jumpers	amod
4	jumpers	jumper	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wore	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 school	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	Everyone	festive jumpers				to school	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent jumper=Source

Example 6

The town square was full of festive stalls.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 square	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 square	compound
3	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 full	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 full	cop
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 stalls	case
7	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stalls	amod
8	stalls	stall	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 full	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the town square					of festive stalls; full property	tree rules

Example 7

Many festive evenings were spent on board.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 evenings	amod
2	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 evenings	amod
3	evenings	evening	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spent	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spent	aux:pass
5	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 board	case
7	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spent	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 spent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past · passive		Many festive evenings				on board goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Asset on board=Goal

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