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title: candlelight — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «candlelight» in the school dictionary: The soft light from a candle or candles. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# candlelight

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**Who acts:** We, People, church, They, Mum · **What happens:** do, use, read, look, hold, have · **To what, where:** homework, candlelight vigil, candlelight dinner

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«candlelight» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: [candlelight in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/candlelight.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The soft light from a candle or candles.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:candlelight:m1:1
# text = The soft light from a candle or candles.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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We did our homework by candlelight during the power cut.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:candlelight:x1:1
# text = We did our homework by candlelight during the power cut.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	candlelight	candlelight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | We | our homework |  |  | during the power cut | by candlelight | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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People used to read by candlelight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:candlelight:x2:1
# text = People used to read by candlelight.
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	candlelight	candlelight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **use** | past | People |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **read** | to-infinitive | People *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by candlelight | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The church looked lovely in the candlelight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:candlelight:x3:1
# text = The church looked lovely in the candlelight.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	candlelight	candlelight	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 | **look** | past | the church |  |  |  |  | in the candlelight; lovely *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in candlelight=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They held a candlelight vigil for the victims.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:candlelight:x4:1
# text = They held a candlelight vigil for the victims.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	candlelight	candlelight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	vigil	vigil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	victims	victim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | They | a candlelight vigil |  |  |  | for the victims | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vigil=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum and Dad had a candlelight dinner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:candlelight:x5:1
# text = Mum and Dad had a candlelight dinner.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	candlelight	candlelight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Mum and Dad | a candlelight dinner |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient |

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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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