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title: carol — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «carol» in the school dictionary: A carol is a happy song, especially one sung at Christmas. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# carol

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**Who acts:** carol, house, We, Carol singers, school, Silent Night · **What happens:** be, sing, carol, go, knock, hold · **To what, where:** happy song, Christmas, house, Christmas songs, name, carols · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A carol is a happy song, especially one sung at Christmas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carol:m1:1
# text = A carol is a happy song, especially one sung at Christmas.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	carol	carol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	appos	_	_
10	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a carol | a happy song |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | participle |  |  |  | Christmas |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at christmas=Location |

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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 -->
To carol is to sing happily, or to go from house to house singing Christmas songs.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carol:m2:1
# text = To carol is to sing happily, or to go from house to house singing Christmas songs.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	carol	carol	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	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carol** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **be** *speech: express* | present |  |  |  |  |  | happily, sing *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | house |  | to house | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from house=Initial\_Location to house=Destination |
| 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | house *not said here* | Christmas songs |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Carol is a girl's name.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carol:m3:1
# text = Carol is a girl's name.
1	Carol	Carol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Carol | a girl's name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We sang carols around the Christmas tree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carol:x1:1
# text = We sang carols around the Christmas tree.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	carols	carol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | We | carols |  | the Christmas tree |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location carol=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Carol singers knocked at our door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carol:x2:1
# text = Carol singers knocked at our door.
1	Carol	Carol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	singers	singer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | past | Carol singers |  |  |  |  | at our door | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our school held a carol concert in the church.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carol:x3:1
# text = Our school held a carol concert in the church.
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	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	carol	carol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | Our school | a carol concert |  | the church |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent concert=Theme in church=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Silent Night» is a famous carol.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carol:x4:1
# text = «Silent Night» is a famous carol.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	carol	carol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Silent Night | a famous carol |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The birds carolled in the morning sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carol:x5:1
# text = The birds carolled in the morning sun.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	carolled	caroll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **caroll** | participle |  | the birds *not said here* |  | the morning sun. |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My aunt Carol bakes the best mince pies.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carol:x6:1
# text = My aunt Carol bakes the best mince pies.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Carol	Carol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
4	bakes	bake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
7	mince	mince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pies	pie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bake** | present | My aunt | the best mince pies |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pie=Product |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cuckoo sang, and the lark carolled, for it was now beautiful spring.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:carol:x7:1
# text = The cuckoo sang, and the lark carolled, for it was now beautiful spring.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cuckoo	cuckoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lark	lark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	carolled	caroll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the cuckoo |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **caroll** | past | the lark |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | lark |  |  |  | for beautiful spring |  | tree rules |

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