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title: art — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «art» in the school dictionary: Art is making pictures, sculptures and other things that are beautiful or show ideas and feelings, like painting and drawing. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# art

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**Who acts:** Art, other things, things, skill, arts, We · **What happens:** make, be, show, draw, take, have · **To what, where:** pictures, ideas, things, way, skill, practice

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«art» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: [art in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/art.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Art is making pictures, sculptures and other things that are beautiful or show ideas and feelings, like painting and drawing.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:art:m1:1
# text = Art is making pictures, sculptures and other things that are beautiful or show ideas and feelings, like painting and drawing.
1	Art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sculptures	sculpture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	like	like	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · progressive | Art | pictures and sculptures and other things |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset picture=Product |
| 2 | **is** | present | other things |  |  |  |  | beautiful *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **show** | present | Art *not said here* | ideas and feelings |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent idea=Recipient |
| 4 | **draw** | gerund | Art *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Art is also the things made this way, like paintings in a gallery.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:art:m2:1
# text = Art is also the things made this way, like paintings in a gallery.
1	Art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	gallery	gallery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Art | the things |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle | the things *not said here* | this way |  |  |  | like paintings in a gallery | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An art is a skill that takes practice, such as the art of cooking.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:art:m3:1
# text = An art is a skill that takes practice, such as the art of cooking.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	art	art	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	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	13	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a art | a skill |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | present | a skill | practice |  |  |  | such the art of cooking | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=Theme |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The arts are subjects like music, dance, drama, painting and literature.

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:art:m4:1
# text = The arts are subjects like music, dance, drama, painting and literature.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	subjects	subject	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	drama	drama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the arts | subjects and painting and literature |  |  |  | like music and dance and drama | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We have art on Tuesday afternoons.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:art:x1:1
# text = We have art on Tuesday afternoons.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Tuesday	Tuesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	afternoons	afternoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | We | art |  |  | afternoon |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I painted a sunflower in art class.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:art:x2:1
# text = I painted a sunflower in art class.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sunflower	sunflower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | past | I | a sunflower |  | art class |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent sunflower=Theme in class=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The museum has art from all over the world.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:art:x3:1
# text = The museum has art from all over the world.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the museum | art |  | the world |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her drawing is a real work of art.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:art:x4:1
# text = Her drawing is a real work of art.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Her drawing | a real work |  |  |  | of art | tree rules |
| 2 | **draw** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We did arts and crafts with paper plates.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:art:x5:1
# text = We did arts and crafts with paper plates.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	crafts	craft	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | We | arts and crafts |  |  |  | with paper plates | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Eventuality |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cooking a perfect pancake is an art.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:art:x6:1
# text = Cooking a perfect pancake is an art.
1	Cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pancake	pancake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | gerund |  | a perfect pancake |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pancake=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Cooking | a art |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Karate is a martial art.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:art:x7:1
# text = Karate is a martial art.
1	Karate	Karate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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	martial	martial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Karate | a martial art |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cave people made art on rock walls long ago.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:art:x8:1
# text = Cave people made art on rock walls long ago.
1	Cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Cave people | art |  | rock walls |  | ago *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Product |

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