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title: commemorative — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «commemorative» in the school dictionary: Made or done to help people remember an important event or person: «a commemorative coin». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# commemorative

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**Who acts:** people, Post Office, Grandma, We, commemorative plaque, plaque · **What happens:** make, do, help, remember, issue, have · **To what, where:** commemorative coin, people, important event, commemorative stamp, commemorative mug, coronation

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Made or done to help people remember an important event or person: «a commemorative coin».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemorative:m1:1
# text = Made or done to help people remember an important event or person: «a commemorative coin».
1	Made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	commemorative	commemorative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a commemorative coin |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **do** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **help** | to-infinitive |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 4 | **remember** | infinitive | people *not said here* | a important event or person |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent event=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Post Office issued a commemorative stamp.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemorative:x1:1
# text = The Post Office issued a commemorative stamp.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Post	Post	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Office	Office	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	issued	issue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	commemorative	commemorative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stamp	stamp	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 | **issue** | past | the Post Office | a commemorative stamp |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stamp=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma has a commemorative mug from the coronation.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemorative:x2:1
# text = Grandma has a commemorative mug from the coronation.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	commemorative	commemorative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mug	mug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	coronation	coronation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **have** | present | Grandma | a commemorative mug |  | the coronation |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mug=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We planted a commemorative tree for our old head teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemorative:x3:1
# text = We planted a commemorative tree for 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	5	det	_	_
4	commemorative	commemorative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past | We | a commemorative tree |  |  |  | for our old head teacher | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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A commemorative plaque marks the house where he lived.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemorative:x4:1
# text = A commemorative plaque marks the house where he lived.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	commemorative	commemorative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plaque	plaque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	marks	mark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | present | a commemorative plaque | the house |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent house=Destination |
| 2 | **live** | past | plaque |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each pupil got a commemorative medal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemorative:x5:1
# text = Each pupil got a commemorative medal.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	commemorative	commemorative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	medal	medal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | each pupil | a commemorative medal |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer medal=Stimulus |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They held a commemorative service at the cenotaph.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:commemorative:x6:1
# text = They held a commemorative service at the cenotaph.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	commemorative	commemorative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cenotaph	cenotaph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | They | a commemorative service |  | the cenotaph |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent service=Theme at cenotaph=Location |

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