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title: amaranth — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «amaranth» in the school dictionary: An amaranth is a flower with bright red or purple blooms that keeps its colour for a long time. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# amaranth

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**Who acts:** amaranth, flower, Amaranth flowers, fable · **What happens:** be, keep, not fade, grow, tell, envy · **To what, where:** flower, colour, old poems, garden, rose · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An amaranth is a flower with bright red or purple blooms that keeps its colour for a long time.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amaranth:m1:1
# text = An amaranth is a flower with bright red or purple blooms that keeps its colour for a long time.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	amaranth	amaranth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	blooms	bloom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a amaranth | a flower |  |  |  | with bright red blooms | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | a flower | amaranth's colour |  |  | time |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Theme |

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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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In old poems, an amaranth is a flower that never fades.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amaranth:m2:1
# text = In old poems, an amaranth is a flower that never fades.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	amaranth	amaranth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	fades	fade	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a amaranth | a flower |  | old poems |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **fade** | present | a flower |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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An amaranth grew in a garden near a rose-tree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amaranth:x1:1
# text = An amaranth grew in a garden near a rose-tree.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	amaranth	amaranth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | a amaranth |  |  | a garden |  | near a rose tree | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Amaranth flowers keep their colour for a long time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amaranth:x2:1
# text = Amaranth flowers keep their colour for a long time.
1	Amaranth	Amaranth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Amaranth flowers | flowers's colour |  |  | time |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fable tells of an amaranth that envied the rose.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amaranth:x3:1
# text = The fable tells of an amaranth that envied the rose.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	amaranth	amaranth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	envied	envy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the fable |  |  |  |  | of a amaranth | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **envy** | past | a amaranth | the rose |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rose=Stimulus |

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