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title: chandelier — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «chandelier» in the school dictionary: A chandelier is a large light fitting that hangs from a ceiling, with many candles or bulbs and often glass drops that sparkle. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# chandelier

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**Who acts:** chandelier, large light, that, glass · **What happens:** be, fit, hang, drop, give, sparkle · **To what, where:** large light, ceiling, sparkle, little leaps, glass chandelier, dancers

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A chandelier is a large light fitting that hangs from a ceiling, with many candles or bulbs and often glass drops that sparkle.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chandelier:m1:1
# text = A chandelier is a large light fitting that hangs from a ceiling, with many candles or bulbs and often glass drops that sparkle.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chandelier	chandelier	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	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	fitting	fit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hangs	hang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	often	often	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
23	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	24	det	_	_
24	sparkle	sparkle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	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 chandelier | a large light |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fit** | gerund | a large light *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hang** | present | that |  |  | a ceiling |  | with many candles or bulbs | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **drop** | present | glass | that sparkle |  |  |  | often *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sparkle=Theme |

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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 chandelier gave little leaps.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chandelier:x1:1
# text = The chandelier gave little leaps.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chandelier	chandelier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	leaps	leap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the chandelier | little leaps |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leap=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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There was a chandelier in the great hall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chandelier:x2:1
# text = There was a chandelier in the great hall.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chandelier	chandelier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a chandelier in the great hall |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cut-glass chandelier sparkled over the dancers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chandelier:x3:1
# text = The cut-glass chandelier sparkled over the dancers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	chandelier	chandelier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	sparkled	sparkle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dancers	dancer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sparkle** | participle |  | the glass chandelier *not said here* |  | the dancers |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over dancer=Location |

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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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