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title: amelia — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «amelia» in the school dictionary: Amelia is a girl's first name, very popular in the UK, Australia and other English-speaking countries. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# amelia

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**Who acts:** Amelia, famous Amelia, American pilot, popular girls, mum, We · **What happens:** be, speak, fly, disappear, try, sit · **To what, where:** first name, countries, Amelia Earhart, first woman, Atlantic Ocean, world · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«amelia» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [amelia in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/amelia.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Amelia is a girl's first name, very popular in the UK, Australia and other English-speaking countries.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amelia:m1:1
# text = Amelia is a girl's first name, very popular in the UK, Australia and other English-speaking countries.
1	Amelia	Amelia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
21	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Amelia | a girl's first name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | Amelia *not said here* | countries |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A famous Amelia was Amelia Earhart, an American pilot who was the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean and who later disappeared while trying to fly around the world.

<!-- fold The tree, 32 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amelia:m2:1
# text = A famous Amelia was Amelia Earhart, an American pilot who was the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean and who later disappeared while trying to fly around the world.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Amelia	Amelia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	Amelia	Amelia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Earhart	Earhart	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pilot	pilot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	_
15	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	acl	_	_
18	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	across	across	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	_
25	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	26	advmod	_	_
26	disappeared	disappear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
27	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
28	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	advcl	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	xcomp	_	_
31	around	around	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | a famous Amelia | Amelia Earhart |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | a American pilot | the first woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fly** | to-infinitive | a famous Amelia *not said here* |  |  | the Atlantic Ocean |  | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across ocean=Trajectory |
| 4 | **disappear** | past |  |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **try** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 6 | **fly** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the world |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around world=Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Amelia sits next to me in class.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amelia:x1:1
# text = Amelia sits next to me in class.
1	Amelia	Amelia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	next	next	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | Amelia |  | me | class |  | next *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in class=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Amelia has 24 sweets and shares them equally with 3 friends.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amelia:x2:1
# text = Amelia has 24 sweets and shares them equally with 3 friends.
1	Amelia	Amelia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	shares	share	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Amelia | 24 sweets |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient |
| 2 | **share** | present | Amelia *not said here* | sweets *= sweet* |  |  |  | with 3 friends; equally *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Amelia Earhart was a famous pilot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amelia:x3:1
# text = Amelia Earhart was a famous pilot.
1	Amelia	Amelia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	Earhart	Earhart	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pilot	pilot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Amelia | a famous pilot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Amelia Earhart's plane was never found.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amelia:x4:1
# text = Amelia Earhart's plane was never found.
1	Amelia	Amelia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Earhart	Earhart	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
4	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **find** | past · passive |  | Amelia's plane |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Amelia is one of the most popular girls' names in England.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amelia:x5:1
# text = Amelia is one of the most popular girls' names in England.
1	Amelia	Amelia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Amelia | one |  |  |  | of the popular girls's names in England | tree rules |
| 2 | **name** |  | the popular girls |  |  | England |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Amelia's mum calls her Millie for short.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amelia:x6:1
# text = Amelia's mum calls her Millie for short.
1	Amelia	Amelia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	Millie	Millie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Amelia's mum | Amelia |  |  |  | for short | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent she=Theme for short=Beneficiary |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the story, Amelia finds a secret door in the attic.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amelia:x7:1
# text = In the story, Amelia finds a secret door in the attic.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	Amelia	Amelia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	attic	attic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | Amelia | a secret door |  | the story |  | in the attic | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Topic |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We wrote a report about Amelia Earhart's life.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amelia:x8:1
# text = We wrote a report about Amelia Earhart's life.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	Amelia	Amelia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Earhart	Earhart	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | We | a report |  |  |  | about Amelia Earhart's life | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent report=Recipient about life=Topic |

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