oration

Who acts: oration, mayor, funeral oration, everyone · What happens: be, give, open, make, cry · To what, where: formal speech, special ceremony, oration, school, everyone

«oration» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: oration in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An oration is a formal speech, often given at a special ceremony such as a funeral.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 oration	det
2	oration	oration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 speech	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 speech	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 speech	det
5	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 speech	amod
6	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 given	punct
8	often	often	ADV	_	9 given	advmod
9	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 speech	acl
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 ceremony	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ceremony	det
12	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ceremony	amod
13	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 given	obl
14	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	17 funeral	case
15	as	as	ADP	_	14 such	fixed
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 funeral	det
17	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ceremony	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 speech	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a oration	a formal speech					tree rules
2	give	participle		a formal speech not said here		a special ceremony such a funeral		often property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent at ceremony=Asset

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 mayor gave an oration at the school opening.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mayor	det
2	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 oration	det
5	oration	oration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 school	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 school	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obl
9	opening	open	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 gave	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the mayor	a oration		the school			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent oration=Theme at school=Asset
2	open	gerund	the mayor not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Her grandfather's funeral oration made everyone cry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 grandfather	nmod:poss
2	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 oration	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 grandfather	case
4	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 oration	compound
5	oration	oration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 made	obj
8	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 made	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Her grandfather's funeral oration	everyone					tree rules
2	cry speech: express	infinitive	everyone not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The speaker's oration was short and sincere.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speaker	det
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oration	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 speaker	case
4	oration	oration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 short	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 short	cop
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sincere	cc
8	sincere	sincere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 short	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 short	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the speaker's oration					short property	tree rules
2	be		the speaker's oration not said here						tree rules

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