carnival

«carnival» in Mova's school dictionary: a fair with rides, games and food, often travelling from… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (carnival, carnivals)

meaning for a pupil

1) A carnival is a fair with rides, games and food, often travelling from town to town. tree →

2) A carnival is a big street party with music, dancing and costumes, like the carnival in Rio or the Notting Hill Carnival. tree →

sense in the lessons

a place in the story; tickets, rides, prizes and money counted; phrases «carnival ride», «carnival games», «school carnival»

examples

• Each ride at the carnival costs 3 tickets. tree →
• She won 20 tickets at the carnival. tree →
• The carnival had 500 visitors. tree →
• He spent 15 dollars at the carnival. tree →
• We rode the Ferris wheel at the carnival. tree →
• People danced in costumes at the carnival. tree →
• Our school carnival raises money for books. tree →
• I won a goldfish at the carnival. tree →
• The carnival came to town for a week. tree →
• The swimming carnival is in March (Australia). tree →
• There appears little doubt that the modern Carnival is a survival of the ancient Saturnalia. tree →

note

No clue by itself; look for tickets per ride. Trap: tickets and dollars are different units. Rides = tickets ÷ tickets per ride. In Australia, a «swimming carnival» or «athletics carnival» is a school sports day.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «carnival» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.