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title: chon — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «chon» in the school dictionary: Chon is a surname and given name, for example a Korean surname (also written Jeon or Chun) and a name used in some other Asian and Hispanic families. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# chon

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**Who acts:** Chon, word, Mr, Korean author, Ji ho, We · **What happens:** be, give, write, use, cut off, call · **To what, where:** surname, name, other Asian families, fragment, longer word, text · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«chon» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [chon in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chon.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chon is a surname and given name, for example a Korean surname (also written Jeon or Chun) and a name used in some other Asian and Hispanic families.

<!-- fold The tree, 28 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chon:m1:1
# text = Chon is a surname and given name, for example a Korean surname (also written Jeon or Chun) and a name used in some other Asian and Hispanic families.
1	Chon	Chon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	surname	surname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Korean	korean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	surname	surname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	also	also	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
17	Jeon	Jeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	Chun	Chun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
24	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
26	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	31	det	_	_
27	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
28	Asian	Asian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	Hispanic	hispanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	conj	_	_
31	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Chon | a surname and given name |  |  |  | for example | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **use** | participle |  | a name *not said here* |  | some other Asian families |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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Not a common English word: it may be a fragment of a longer word cut off in a text.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chon:m2:1
# text = Not a common English word: it may be a fragment of a longer word cut off in a text.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fragment	fragment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
15	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	off	off	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | may | word | a fragment |  |  |  | of a longer word | tree rules |
| 2 | **cut off** | participle |  | a longer word *not said here* |  | a text |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mr Chon is our new music teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chon:x1:1
# text = Mr Chon is our new music teacher.
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	Chon	Chon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mr | our new music teacher |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The book was written by a Korean author called Chon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chon:x2:1
# text = The book was written by a Korean author called Chon.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Korean	korean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	Chon	Chon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past · passive | a Korean author | the book |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | a Korean author *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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"Chon" on the list was the start of a longer word cut off by the page.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chon:x3:1
# text = "Chon" on the list was the start of a longer word cut off by the page.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Chon	Chon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Chon on the list | the start |  |  |  | of a longer word | tree rules |
| 2 | **cut off** | participle |  | a longer word *not said here* |  |  |  | by the page | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ji-ho Chon won the spelling bee.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chon:x4:1
# text = Ji-ho Chon won the spelling bee.
1	Ji	Ji	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	ho	ho	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Chon	Chon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
5	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | Ji ho | the spelling bee |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Eventuality |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We learned that Korean names put the family name first, as in Chon Ji-ho.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chon:x5:1
# text = We learned that Korean names put the family name first, as in Chon Ji-ho.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	Korean	korean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Chon	Chon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
15	Ji	Ji	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	ho	ho	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **put** | past | Korean names | the family name |  |  |  | as Chon ho; first *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent name=Goal |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ask the person how they like their name said.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chon:x6:1
# text = Ask the person how they like their name said.
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the person |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient |
| 2 | **like** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | their name |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **name** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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