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title: acclamation — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «acclamation» in the school dictionary: Loud cheering or shouting to show approval or joy. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# acclamation

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**Who acts:** crowd, acclamation, people, joy · **What happens:** cheer, shout, show, count, greet, pass · **To what, where:** approval, Agreement, vote, prince, new rule, him

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«acclamation» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [acclamation in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/acclamation.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Loud cheering or shouting to show approval or joy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acclamation:m1:1
# text = Loud cheering or shouting to show approval or joy.
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	cheering	cheer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	approval	approval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheer** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | approval or joy |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent approval=Recipient |

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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 {#m2}

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Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Agreement shown by everyone shouting yes, with no vote counted.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acclamation:m2:1
# text = Agreement shown by everyone shouting yes, with no vote counted.
1	Agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
5	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | participle |  | Agreement *not said here* |  |  |  | by everyone | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with no vote | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **count** | participle |  | no vote *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The crowd greeted the prince with loud acclamation.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acclamation:x1:1
# text = The crowd greeted the prince with loud acclamation.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	greeted	greet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	acclamation	acclamation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past | the crowd |  | the prince |  |  | with loud acclamation | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The new rule was passed by acclamation.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acclamation:x2:1
# text = The new rule was passed by acclamation.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	acclamation	acclamation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past · passive | acclamation | the new rule |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The people received him with cries of joy and acclamation.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acclamation:x3:1
# text = The people received him with cries of joy and acclamation.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cries	cry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	acclamation	acclamation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past | the people | him *= he* |  |  |  | with cries of joy and acclamation | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **cry** |  | joy and acclamation |  |  |  |  |  | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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