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title: christmastide — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «christmastide» in the school dictionary: The time of the Christmas season, the days around Christmas Day when families meet and feast together. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# christmastide

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**Who acts:** days, whole village, Christmastide, brothers · **What happens:** meet, feast, gather, be, come · **To what, where:** Christmastide, time

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The time of the Christmas season, the days around Christmas Day when families meet and feast together.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:christmastide:m1:1
# text = The time of the Christmas season, the days around Christmas Day when families meet and feast together.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
10	around	around	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
14	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	meet	meet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	feast	feast	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
18	together	together	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | present | the days around Christmas Day |  |  |  | time |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **feast** | present | the days around Christmas Day *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn dine-39.5 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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At Christmastide the whole village gathered for a feast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:christmastide:x1:1
# text = At Christmastide the whole village gathered for a feast.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Christmastide	Christmastide	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | the whole village |  |  | Christmastide |  | for a feast | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for feast=Beneficiary |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Christmastide was a time of song and good food.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:christmastide:x2:1
# text = Christmastide was a time of song and good food.
1	Christmastide	Christmastide	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Christmastide | a time and good food |  |  |  | of song | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The brothers came home for Christmastide.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:christmastide:x3:1
# text = The brothers came home for Christmastide.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Christmastide	Christmastide	PROPN	NNP	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 | **come** | past | the brothers |  |  |  |  | for Christmastide; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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