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title: bookmark — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bookmark» in the school dictionary: A bookmark is a strip of card, paper or ribbon you put in a book to show where you stopped reading. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# bookmark

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**Who acts:** bookmark, you, I, We, library · **What happens:** be, put, show, stop, read, save · **To what, where:** strip, ribbon, book, saved link, bookmark, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A bookmark is a strip of card, paper or ribbon you put in a book to show where you stopped reading.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bookmark:m1:1
# text = A bookmark is a strip of card, paper or ribbon you put in a book to show where you stopped reading.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bookmark	bookmark	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	strip	strip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	put	put	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
19	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	21	advmod	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	ccomp	_	_
22	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a bookmark | a strip and paper or ribbon |  |  |  | of card | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** | present | you | ribbon *not said here* |  | a book |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ribbon=Theme in book=Destination |
| 3 | **show** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **stop** | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **read** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «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 -->
A bookmark on a computer or phone is a saved link to a website so you can find it again quickly.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bookmark:m2:1
# text = A bookmark on a computer or phone is a saved link to a website so you can find it again quickly.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bookmark	bookmark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	link	link	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	website	website	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	again	again	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
21	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a bookmark on a computer or phone | a saved link |  |  |  | to a website | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | can | you | bookmark |  |  | again | quickly *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To bookmark is to save a web page in this way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bookmark:m3:1
# text = To bookmark is to save a web page in this way.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bookmark	bookmark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bookmark** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | this way |  | save *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I put a bookmark in my book before bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bookmark:x1:1
# text = I put a bookmark in my book before bed.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	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	bookmark	bookmark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | I | a bookmark |  | my book | before bed |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bookmark=Theme in book=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't fold the page; use a bookmark.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bookmark:x2:1
# text = Don't fold the page; use a bookmark.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	fold	fold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bookmark	bookmark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fold** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the page |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent page=Patient |
| 2 | **use** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a bookmark |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bookmark=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We made bookmarks for Mother's Day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bookmark:x3:1
# text = We made bookmarks for Mother's Day.
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	bookmarks	bookmark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Mother	Mother	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	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 | **make** | past | We | bookmarks |  |  | for Mother's Day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bookmark=Product for day=Beneficiary |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bookmark this website so you can find it again.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bookmark:x4:1
# text = Bookmark this website so you can find it again.
1	Bookmark	bookmark	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	website	website	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bookmark** | imperative | you *not said here* | this website |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | can | you | website |  |  | again |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My bookmark fell out and I lost my place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bookmark:x5:1
# text = My bookmark fell out and I lost my place.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bookmark	bookmark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall out** | past | My bookmark |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | past | I | my place |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The library gave us free bookmarks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bookmark:x6:1
# text = The library gave us free bookmarks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bookmarks	bookmark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the library | free bookmarks | us |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient bookmark=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I bookmarked the page about volcanoes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bookmark:x7:1
# text = I bookmarked the page about volcanoes.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bookmarked	bookmark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bookmark** | past | I | the page |  |  |  | about volcanoes | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bookmark has a tassel at the end.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bookmark:x8:1
# text = The bookmark has a tassel at the end.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bookmark	bookmark	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	5	det	_	_
5	tassel	tassel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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