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title: candelabra — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «candelabra» in the school dictionary: A branched holder with several arms for candles or lamps, often made of brass or silver. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# candelabra

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**Who acts:** brass candelabra, old candelabra · **What happens:** branch, make, light, burn, fall · **To what, where:** branched holder, room, Five candles, candelabra

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«candelabra» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [candelabra in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/candelabra.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A branched holder with several arms for candles or lamps, often made of brass or silver.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:candelabra:m1:1
# text = A branched holder with several arms for candles or lamps, often made of brass or silver.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	branched	branch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	holder	holder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **branch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn differ-23.4 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a branched holder with several arms for candles or lamps *not said here* |  |  |  | of brass or silver; often *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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The brass candelabra lit the room.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:candelabra:x1:1
# text = The brass candelabra lit the room.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	candelabra	candelabra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | past | the brass candelabra | the room |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Five candles burned in the candelabra.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:candelabra:x2:1
# text = Five candles burned in the candelabra.
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	candelabra	candelabra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | participle |  | Five candles *not said here* |  | the candelabra |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in candelabra=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old candelabra fell to the floor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:candelabra:x3:1
# text = The old candelabra fell to the floor.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	candelabra	candelabra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | the old candelabra |  |  |  |  | to the floor | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to floor=Theme |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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