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title: billionaire — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «billionaire» in the school dictionary: A very rich person who owns money and things worth at least one billion dollars, pounds or euros. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# billionaire

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**Who acts:** rich person, billionaire, He, billionaires, story, more millionaires · **What happens:** own, pay, go, sell, be, build · **To what, where:** money, million pounds, lemonade, rockets, space, billionaire

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A very rich person who owns money and things worth at least one billion dollars, pounds or euros.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionaire:m1:1
# text = A very rich person who owns money and things worth at least one billion dollars, pounds or euros.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	nmod	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	compound	_	_
14	billion	billion	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	euros	euro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | present | a rich person | money and things |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot money=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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A billionaire owns at least a thousand million pounds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionaire:x1:1
# text = A billionaire owns at least a thousand million pounds.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	billionaire	billionaire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	nmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	compound	_	_
8	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | present | a billionaire | million pounds |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pound=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The billionaire paid for a new hospital.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionaire:x2:1
# text = The billionaire paid for a new hospital.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	billionaire	billionaire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | the billionaire |  |  |  |  | for a new hospital | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for hospital=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He went from selling lemonade to being a billionaire.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionaire:x3:1
# text = He went from selling lemonade to being a billionaire.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	billionaire	billionaire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sell** | gerund | He *not said here* | lemonade |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lemonade=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to a billionaire | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some billionaires build rockets to go to space.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionaire:x4:1
# text = Some billionaires build rockets to go to space.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	billionaires	billionaire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rockets	rocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 | **build** | present | some billionaires | rockets |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rocket=Product |
| 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | some billionaires *not said here* |  |  | space |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to space=Initial\_Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Being a billionaire does not always make you happy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionaire:x5:1
# text = Being a billionaire does not always make you happy.
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	cop	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	billionaire	billionaire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	csubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | gerund |  | a billionaire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **make** | present · do-support |  | you |  |  |  | always, happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The story was about a billionaire who lost everything.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionaire:x6:1
# text = The story was about a billionaire who lost everything.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	billionaire	billionaire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the story |  |  |  |  | about a billionaire | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past | a billionaire | everything |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality |

## Example 7 {#x7}

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There are more millionaires than billionaires in the world.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionaire:x7:1
# text = There are more millionaires than billionaires in the world.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	millionaires	millionaire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	billionaires	billionaire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	world	world	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 | **does** | present | more millionaires than billionaires in the world |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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