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title: amphitheatre — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «amphitheatre» in the school dictionary: An amphitheatre is a round or oval building with rows of seats rising around an open space, where people watch shows or games. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# amphitheatre

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**Who acts:** amphitheatre, seats, people, Romans, We · **What happens:** be, rise, watch, look down · **To what, where:** round building, open space, shows, fights, great amphitheatre, rows

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An amphitheatre is a round or oval building with rows of seats rising around an open space, where people watch shows or games.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amphitheatre:m1:1
# text = An amphitheatre is a round or oval building with rows of seats rising around an open space, where people watch shows or games.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	amphitheatre	amphitheatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	oval	oval	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	around	around	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	21	advmod	_	_
20	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	_
21	watch	watch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
22	shows	show	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a amphitheatre | a round building |  |  |  | with rows of seats | tree rules |
| 2 | **rise** | gerund | seats *not said here* |  |  | a open space |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around space=Location |
| 3 | **watch** | present | people | shows or games |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The Romans watched fights in a great amphitheatre.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amphitheatre:x1:1
# text = The Romans watched fights in a great amphitheatre.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fights	fight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	amphitheatre	amphitheatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | the Romans | fights |  | a great amphitheatre |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We look down on the crowd in the amphitheatre.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amphitheatre:x2:1
# text = We look down on the crowd in the amphitheatre.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	amphitheatre	amphitheatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look down** | present | We |  |  |  |  | on the crowd in the amphitheatre; down *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on crowd=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The seats rise in rows all around the arena.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amphitheatre:x3:1
# text = The seats rise in rows all around the arena.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rise	rise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	around	around	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	arena	arena	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 | **rise** | present | the seats |  |  | rows |  | around the arena | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in row=Location |

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