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title: arts — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «arts» in the school dictionary: The arts are activities like painting, drawing, music, dance, drama, film and writing, where people make things to express ideas and feelings. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# arts

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**Who acts:** arts, activities, people, things, plural, We · **What happens:** be, draw, make, express, oppose, mean · **To what, where:** activities, music, things, ideas, subjects, plural

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«arts» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [arts in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/arts.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The arts are activities like painting, drawing, music, dance, drama, film and writing, where people make things to express ideas and feelings.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arts:m1:1
# text = The arts are activities like painting, drawing, music, dance, drama, film and writing, where people make things to express ideas and feelings.
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	activities	activity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	drama	drama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	22	advmod	_	_
21	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
23	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	express	express	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	_
26	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the arts | activities |  |  |  | like painting | tree rules |
| 2 | **draw** | gerund | activities *not said here* | music and dance |  |  |  | drama and film and writing *obl* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | present | people | things |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **express** | to-infinitive | things *not said here* | ideas and feelings |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=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 -->
Arts (in school and university) are subjects about people and culture, like history, languages and literature, as opposed to sciences.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arts:m2:1
# text = Arts (in school and university) are subjects about people and culture, like history, languages and literature, as opposed to sciences.
1	Arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	subjects	subject	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	culture	culture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
23	opposed	oppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	sciences	science	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Arts | subjects |  |  |  | about people and culture and history and languages and literature | tree rules |
| 2 | **oppose** | participle |  | subjects *not said here* |  |  |  | to sciences | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Arts is also the plural of «art», meaning skills: «the arts of cooking and sewing».

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arts:m3:1
# text = Arts is also the plural of «art», meaning skills: «the arts of cooking and sewing».
1	Arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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	plural	plural	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
12	skills	skill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	sewing	sewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Arts | the plural |  |  |  | of art | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | gerund | the plural *not said here* | skills |  |  |  | the arts of cooking and sewing *obl* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We do arts and crafts every Friday.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arts:x1:1
# text = We do arts and crafts every Friday.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|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	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She loves the arts, especially dance and music.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arts:x2:1
# text = She loves the arts, especially dance and music.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | She | the arts |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer art=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Karate is one of the martial arts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arts:x3:1
# text = Karate is one of the martial arts.
1	Karate	Karate	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	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	martial	martial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The town has a new arts centre.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arts:x4:1
# text = The town has a new arts centre.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our school has a performing arts show in the summer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arts:x5:1
# text = Our school has a performing arts show in the summer.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	performing	performing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Our school |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | present | a performing arts |  |  |  | summer |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My cousin studies arts at university.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arts:x6:1
# text = My cousin studies arts at university.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	studies	study	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | present | My cousin | arts |  | university |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Topic |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The festival celebrates the arts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arts:x7:1
# text = The festival celebrates the arts.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	celebrates	celebrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | present | the festival | the arts |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We made puppets in arts and crafts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arts:x8:1
# text = We made puppets in arts and crafts.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	puppets	puppet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	crafts	craft	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | We | puppets |  | arts and crafts |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppet=Product |

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