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title: artist — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «artist» in the school dictionary: An artist is a person who paints, draws, makes sculptures or other works of art. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# artist

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**Who acts:** artist, person, art, Van, Dutch artist, sister · **What happens:** be, paint, draw, make, work, do · **To what, where:** person, sculptures, performer, anyone, something, Dutch artist

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An artist is a person who paints, draws, makes sculptures or other works of art.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artist:m1:1
# text = An artist is a person who paints, draws, makes sculptures or other works of art.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	artist	artist	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	paints	paint	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	draws	draw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	sculptures	sculpture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a artist | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **paint** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **draw** | present | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **make** | present | a person *not said here* | sculptures or other works of art |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sculpture=Product |
| 5 | **work** |  | art |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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 -->
An artist can also be a performer, such as a singer, musician, actor or dancer.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artist:m2:1
# text = An artist can also be a performer, such as a singer, musician, actor or dancer.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	performer	performer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	musician	musician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	actor	actor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	dancer	dancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a artist | a performer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An artist can be anyone who does something with great skill, as in «a real artist with a football».

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artist:m3:1
# text = An artist can be anyone who does something with great skill, as in «a real artist with a football».
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a artist | anyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present |  | something |  |  |  | with great skill | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Van Gogh was a Dutch artist who painted sunflowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artist:x1:1
# text = Van Gogh was a Dutch artist who painted sunflowers.
1	Van	Van	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	Gogh	Gogh	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	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	sunflowers	sunflower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Van | a Dutch artist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **paint** | past | a Dutch artist | sunflowers |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent sunflower=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My sister wants to be an artist when she grows up.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artist:x2:1
# text = My sister wants to be an artist when she grows up.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | My sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | My sister *not said here* | a artist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow up** | present | sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A street artist drew a huge chalk picture on the path.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artist:x3:1
# text = A street artist drew a huge chalk picture on the path.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	chalk	chalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | a street artist | a huge chalk picture |  | the path |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent picture=Theme on path=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every child in our class is an artist in art club.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artist:x4:1
# text = Every child in our class is an artist in art club.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | every child in our class | a artist |  | art club |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The singer is the most famous artist on the show.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artist:x5:1
# text = The singer is the most famous artist on the show.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the singer | the famous artist |  | the show |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The artist mixed blue and yellow to make green.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artist:x6:1
# text = The artist mixed blue and yellow to make green.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mixed	mix	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | past | the artist |  |  |  |  | blue *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | the artist *not said here* |  |  |  |  | green *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pictures were drawn by Mr. Kakuzo Fujiyama, a Tokio artist.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artist:x7:1
# text = The pictures were drawn by Mr. Kakuzo Fujiyama, a Tokio artist.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:desc	_	_
7	Kakuzo	Kakuzo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	Fujiyama	Fujiyama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Tokio	Tokio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past · passive | Kakuzo  Mr. | the pictures |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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