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title: commemoration — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «commemoration» in the school dictionary: An event, ceremony or thing that helps people remember and honour a person or an important event. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# commemoration

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**Who acts:** thing, people, act, school, soldiers, Anzac Day · **What happens:** help, remember, honour, build, commemorate, hold · **To what, where:** people, person, someone, statue, commemoration, brave nurse

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«commemoration» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [commemoration in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/commemoration.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An event, ceremony or thing that helps people remember and honour a person or an important event.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemoration:m1:1
# text = An event, ceremony or thing that helps people remember and honour a person or an important event.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	honour	honour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | thing | people |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **remember** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **honour** | infinitive | people *not said here* | a person or a important event |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .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 remembering someone or something with respect.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemoration:m2:1
# text = The act of remembering someone or something with respect.
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	remembering	remember	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | gerund | the act *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent someone=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A statue was built in commemoration of the brave nurse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemoration:x1:1
# text = A statue was built in commemoration of the brave nurse.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	statue	statue	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	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past · passive |  | a statue |  | commemoration of the brave nurse |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **commemorate** |  |  | the brave nurse |  |  |  |  | nom commemoration «event transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The school held a commemoration for soldiers who died in the wars.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemoration:x2:1
# text = The school held a commemoration for soldiers who died in the wars.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | the school | a commemoration |  |  |  | for soldiers | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commemoration=Theme |
| 2 | **die** | past | soldiers |  |  |  |  | in the wars | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in war=Attribute |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Anzac Day is a commemoration in Australia and New Zealand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemoration:x3:1
# text = Anzac Day is a commemoration in Australia and New Zealand.
1	Anzac	Anzac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	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	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
10	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Anzac Day | a commemoration |  | Australia and New Zealand |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We planted a tree in commemoration of our old head teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemoration:x4:1
# text = We planted a tree in commemoration of our old head teacher.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past | We | a tree |  | commemoration of our old head teacher |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tree=Theme in commemoration=Destination |
| 2 | **commemorate** |  |  | our old head teacher |  |  |  |  | nom commemoration «event transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The church holds a commemoration of the saint every year.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemoration:x5:1
# text = The church holds a commemoration of the saint every year.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | the church | a commemoration of the saint |  |  | year |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commemoration=Theme |
| 2 | **commemorate** |  |  | the saint |  |  |  |  | nom commemoration «event transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The stamps were printed in commemoration of the anniversary.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemoration:x6:1
# text = The stamps were printed in commemoration of the anniversary.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stamps	stamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	anniversary	anniversary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | past · passive |  | the stamps |  | commemoration of the anniversary |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in commemoration=Destination |
| 2 | **commemorate** |  |  | the anniversary |  |  |  |  | nom commemoration «event transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The commemoration ended with two minutes of silence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemoration:x7:1
# text = The commemoration ended with two minutes of silence.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past | the commemoration |  |  |  | minute |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There was an altar erected at Athens in honour of Boreas, in commemoration of his having destroyed the Persian fleet sent to attack the Greeks.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemoration:x8:1
# text = There was an altar erected at Athens in honour of Boreas, in commemoration of his having destroyed the Persian fleet sent to attack the Greeks.
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	erected	erect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Boreas	Boreas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
15	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
18	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Persian	persian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	fleet	fleet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	advcl	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a altar |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **erect** | participle |  | a altar *not said here* |  | Athens |  | in honour of Boreas | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** | gerund | commemoration | commemoration *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commemoration=Patient |
| 4 | **destroy** | past | commemoration | the Persian fleet |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fleet=Patient |
| 5 | **send** | participle |  | the Persian fleet *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **attack** | to-infinitive |  | the Greeks |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greek=Patient |
| 7 | **honour** |  |  | Boreas |  |  |  |  | nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient |

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