present

«present» in Mova's school dictionary: a gift you give someone, for example on a birthday — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (present, presents; the present); adjective (present); verb (present, presents, presented, presenting)

meaning for a pupil

1) A present is a gift you give someone, for example on a birthday. tree →

2) Present means being here, in this place: «present in class». tree →

3) The present is now, this time, not the past or the future. tree →

4) To present (pre-ZENT) is to give something formally, or to show and talk about something to a group. tree →

5) In grammar, the present tense tells about now: «I walk». tree →

sense in the lessons

gifts that are counted or bought; children present (here) in class; or the present age compared with past and future; in school: the register (present or absent), presenting a project to the class; in grammar: present tense; in history: from the past to the present; phrases: «at present», «present-day», «for the present»

examples

• She got 7 presents for her birthday. tree →
• 23 pupils are present today and 4 are absent. tree →
• Each present costs 5 dollars. tree →
• His present age is 9; how old will he be in 5 years? tree →
• We each presented our project to the class. tree →
• The head teacher presented the prizes. tree →
• «I play» is in the present tense. tree →
• At present, the shop is closed. tree →
• Wrap the present in bright paper. tree →
• "Take it pray, as a present!" tree →

note

As «gift», a counted thing; as «here», present + absent = all (23 + 4 = 27). Trap: «present age» means age now; add for the future, take away for the past. Stress: a PREsent (noun, adjective), to preSENT (verb).

In the corpora

• A pet is for life: a puppy given as a Christmas present grows up and needs many years of care.
• The Dodo presents the thimble with "We beg your acceptance of this elegant thimble", and they all cheer.
• At present it is only pictures, and ... pictures are not always properly understood.»
• Twinkling eyes mean fun and mischief, so she is probably hiding a present.
• Tense shows when something happens: past, present or future.

Trees and pragmatics

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