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title: colonnade — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «colonnade» in the school dictionary: A colonnade is a row of tall pillars, called columns, standing along the front or side of a building, with a roof over them. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# colonnade

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**Who acts:** colonnade, tall pillars, row, Tall white pillars, We, old church · **What happens:** be, call, stand, make, walk, get out · **To what, where:** row, columns, front, colonnade, rain, fine colonnade · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A colonnade is a row of tall pillars, called columns, standing along the front or side of a building, with a roof over them.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonnade:m1:1
# text = A colonnade is a row of tall pillars, called columns, standing along the front or side of a building, with a roof over them.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colonnade	colonnade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pillars	pillar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
11	columns	column	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
14	along	along	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
26	over	over	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a colonnade | a row |  |  |  | of tall pillars | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | participle | tall pillars *not said here* | columns |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stand** | gerund | a row *not said here* |  |  | the front of a building or side |  | with a roof over front | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along front=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tall white pillars made a colonnade along the palace front.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonnade:x1:1
# text = Tall white pillars made a colonnade along the palace front.
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pillars	pillar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	colonnade	colonnade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	along	along	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Tall white pillars | a colonnade |  |  |  | along the palace front | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset colonnade=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We walked under the colonnade to get out of the rain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonnade:x2:1
# text = We walked under the colonnade to get out of the rain.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	colonnade	colonnade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | We |  |  | the colonnade |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under colonnade=Trajectory |
| 2 | **get out** | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | the rain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old church has a fine colonnade.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colonnade:x3:1
# text = The old church has a fine colonnade.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	colonnade	colonnade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the old church | a fine colonnade |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colonnade=Patient |

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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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