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title: amateur — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «amateur» in the school dictionary: An amateur is a person who does something for love or fun, not for pay and not as a trained expert. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# amateur

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**Who acts:** amateur, person, show, dad, amateur painter, She · **What happens:** be, do, train, describe, paint, not be · **To what, where:** person, something, such work, amateur performance, amateur painter, keen amateur

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An amateur is a person who does something for love or fun, not for pay and not as a trained expert.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amateur:m1:1
# text = An amateur is a person who does something for love or fun, not for pay and not as a trained expert.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	amateur	amateur	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	amod	_	_
22	expert	expert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 amateur | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | a person | something |  |  |  | for love or fun | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 3 | **train** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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«Amateur» describes such work: «an amateur play».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amateur:m2:1
# text = «Amateur» describes such work: «an amateur play».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Amateur	Amateur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	amateur	amateur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | Amateur | such work |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent work=Theme clause=Attribute |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The show was an amateur performance by children.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amateur:x1:1
# text = The show was an amateur performance by children.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	amateur	amateur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the show | a amateur performance |  |  |  | by children | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My dad is an amateur painter who paints for fun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amateur:x2:1
# text = My dad is an amateur painter who paints for fun.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	amateur	amateur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	painter	painter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	paints	paint	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My dad | a amateur painter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **paint** | present | a amateur painter |  |  |  |  | for fun | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She is a keen amateur but not a professional.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amateur:x3:1
# text = She is a keen amateur but not a professional.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	amateur	amateur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	professional	professional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | She | a keen amateur |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **be** |  | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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