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title: accumulative — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «accumulative» in the school dictionary: Growing bigger by adding one thing after another, so that each part builds on the last. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# accumulative

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**Who acts:** part, song, verse, accumulative tale, time, pile · **What happens:** grow, add, build, be, tell, become · **To what, where:** one thing, last, one more animal, tale · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Growing bigger by adding one thing after another, so that each part builds on the last.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accumulative:m1:1
# text = Growing bigger by adding one thing after another, so that each part builds on the last.
1	Growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	csubj	_	_
2	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	adding	add	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | one thing |  |  | after another |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |
| 3 | **build** | present | each part |  |  | the last |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on last=Source |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The song is accumulative: each verse adds one more animal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accumulative:x1:1
# text = The song is accumulative: each verse adds one more animal.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	accumulative	accumulative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the song |  |  |  |  | accumulative *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | each verse | one more animal |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An accumulative tale grows longer each time it is told.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accumulative:x2:1
# text = An accumulative tale grows longer each time it is told.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	accumulative	accumulative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | a accumulative tale |  |  |  | time | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | each time *not said here* | tale |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pile of items became larger in an accumulative way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accumulative:x3:1
# text = The pile of items became larger in an accumulative way.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	items	item	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	accumulative	accumulative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the pile of items |  |  |  |  | large *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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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