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title: amass — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «amass» in the school dictionary: To amass is to gather a large number or amount of things, or money, over time: «amass a fortune». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# amass

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**Who acts:** time, He, I, squirrel · **What happens:** amass, be, amount, trade, treasure · **To what, where:** fortune, things, cloth, rich treasure, jewels, huge pile

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To amass is to gather a large number or amount of things, or money, over time: «amass a fortune».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amass:m1:1
# text = To amass is to gather a large number or amount of things, or money, over time: «amass a fortune».
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	amass	amass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	gather	gather	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	over	over	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
20	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	amass	amass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	acl:relcl	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **amass** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | time | money *obl*; gather *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **amass** *in a quote* | infinitive | time *not said here* | a fortune |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme |
| 4 | **amount** |  |  | things |  |  |  |  | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

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He amassed a fortune by trading in cloth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amass:x1:1
# text = He amassed a fortune by trading in cloth.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	amassed	amass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	trading	trade	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **amass** | past | He | a fortune |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme |
| 2 | **trade** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | cloth |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I had amassed a rich treasure of jewels.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amass:x2:1
# text = I had amassed a rich treasure of jewels.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	amassed	amass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **amass** | past · perfect | I | a rich treasure of jewels |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme |
| 2 | **treasure** |  |  | jewels |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The squirrel amassed a huge pile of nuts for winter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amass:x3:1
# text = The squirrel amassed a huge pile of nuts for winter.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	amassed	amass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **amass** | past | the squirrel | a huge pile of nuts |  |  | winter |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pile=Theme |

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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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