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title: animated — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «animated» in the school dictionary: An animated film or cartoon is made from many drawings, models or computer pictures shown quickly so they seem to move. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# animated

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**Who acts:** film, animated person, We, animated film, children, Grandad · **What happens:** make, show, seem, move, be, animate · **To what, where:** animated film, many drawings, computer pictures, Animated past form, life, cars

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«animated» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [animated in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/animated.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An animated film or cartoon is made from many drawings, models or computer pictures shown quickly so they seem to move.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:animated:m1:1
# text = An animated film or cartoon is made from many drawings, models or computer pictures shown quickly so they seem to move.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	animated	animated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	drawings	drawing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	models	model	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
16	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	seem	seem	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | a animated film or cartoon |  | many drawings and models or computer pictures |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from drawing=Material |
| 2 | **show** | participle |  | computer pictures *not said here* |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **seem** | present | film |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 4 | **move** | to-infinitive | film *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An animated person or talk is lively, excited and full of energy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:animated:m2:1
# text = An animated person or talk is lively, excited and full of energy.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	animated	animated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	lively	lively	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	excited	excited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a animated person or talk |  |  |  |  | lively *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | a animated person or talk *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | a animated person or talk *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of energy | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Animated is the past form of animate: brought to life or made to move.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:animated:m3:1
# text = Animated is the past form of animate: brought to life or made to move.
1	Animated	animate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	animate	animate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **animate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the Animated past form |  |  |  | of animate | tree rules |
| 3 | **bring** | participle |  |  |  | life |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to life=Destination |
| 4 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **move** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We watched an animated film about talking cars.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:animated:x1:1
# text = We watched an animated film about talking cars.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	animated	animated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | We | a animated film |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund | a animated film *not said here* | cars |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent car=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Animated cartoons are made from thousands of pictures.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:animated:x2:1
# text = Animated cartoons are made from thousands of pictures.
1	Animated	animated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Animated cartoons |  | thousands of pictures |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from thousand=Material |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The children had an animated discussion about dinosaurs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:animated:x3:1
# text = The children had an animated discussion about dinosaurs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	animated	animated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the children | a animated discussion |  |  |  | about dinosaurs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent discussion=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandad became animated when he talked about football.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:animated:x4:1
# text = Grandad became animated when he talked about football.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	animated	animated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | Grandad |  |  |  |  | animated *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **talk** | past | Grandad |  |  |  |  | about football | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about football=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The class animated a clay model for a short film.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:animated:x5:1
# text = The class animated a clay model for a short film.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	animated	animate	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	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	model	model	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **animate** | past | the class | a clay model |  |  |  | for a short film | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent model=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The emoji is animated and waves at you.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:animated:x6:1
# text = The emoji is animated and waves at you.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	emoji	emoji	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	animated	animated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the emoji |  |  |  |  | at you; animated *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When the prince and princess lay thus side by side, an animated dispute as to their respective charms arose between the fairy and the genius.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:animated:x7:1
# text = When the prince and princess lay thus side by side, an animated dispute as to their respective charms arose between the fairy and the genius.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	animated	animated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	respective	respective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	charms	charm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
20	arose	arise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
21	between	between	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present | the prince and princess | side |  |  |  | by side | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by side=Destination |
| 2 | **arise** | past | prince's respective charms |  |  |  |  | between the fairy and the genius | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between fairy=Location |

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