---
title: celebration — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «celebration» in the school dictionary: A special event, like a party, held because something good has happened or for a special day. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebration/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/) / celebration

# celebration

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** something, act, you, We, celebration, team · **What happens:** hold, happen, show, be, perform, have · **To what, where:** special event, religious ceremony, big celebration, festival, test, cause · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«celebration» 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: [celebration in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/celebration.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A special event, like a party, held because something good has happened or for a special day.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celebration:m1:1
# text = A special event, like a party, held because something good has happened or for a special day.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	nsubj	_	_
12	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle · passive |  | a special event like a party |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | present · perfect | something |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
The act of showing that you are happy about something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celebration:m2:1
# text = The act of showing that you are happy about something.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund | the act *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | about something; happy *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The act of performing a religious ceremony.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celebration:m3:1
# text = The act of performing a religious ceremony.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	performing	perform	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | gerund | the act *not said here* | a religious ceremony |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceremony=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We had a big celebration for Grandma's birthday.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celebration:x1:1
# text = We had a big celebration for Grandma's birthday.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	Grandma	Grandma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | We | a big celebration |  |  |  | for Grandma's birthday | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent celebration=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The team's celebration lasted all night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celebration:x2:1
# text = The team's celebration lasted all night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | the team's celebration |  |  |  | night |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **celebrate** |  | the team |  |  |  |  |  | nom celebration «event transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There were fireworks in celebration of the festival.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celebration:x3:1
# text = There were fireworks in celebration of the festival.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | fireworks in celebration of the festival |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **celebrate** |  |  | the festival |  |  |  |  | nom celebration «event transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Passing the test is a cause for celebration!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celebration:x4:1
# text = Passing the test is a cause for celebration!
1	Passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | gerund |  | the test |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme test=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Passing | a cause |  |  |  | for celebration | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our class had a celebration assembly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celebration:x5:1
# text = Our class had a celebration assembly.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	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	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	assembly	assembly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Our class | a celebration assembly |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assembly=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The whole town joined the celebrations.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celebration:x6:1
# text = The whole town joined the celebrations.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	joined	join	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	celebrations	celebration	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | past | the whole town | the celebrations |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent celebration=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The footballer did a funny celebration after his goal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celebration:x7:1
# text = The footballer did a funny celebration after his goal.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	footballer	footballer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	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	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the footballer | a funny celebration |  |  | after footballer's goal |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent celebration=Eventuality |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At a great celebration in honor of King Lion, the Monkey was asked to dance for the company.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celebration:x8:1
# text = At a great celebration in honor of King Lion, the Monkey was asked to dance for the company.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	honor	honor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · passive |  | the Monkey |  | a great celebration in honor of King Lion |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **dance** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Monkey *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the company | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **honor** |  |  | King Lion |  |  |  |  | nom honor «communication transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [celebrate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/)
- next →: [celebratory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebratory/)
- ↑ back to [C in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/)