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title: corinthian — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «corinthian» in the school dictionary: Of or from Corinth, an old city in Greece. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# corinthian

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**Who acts:** Corinthian column, temple, Corinthian style, Greek builders · **What happens:** be, carve, have, use · **To what, where:** tall pillar, top, tall Corinthian columns, carved leaves, three styles

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Of or from Corinth, an old city in Greece.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corinthian:m1:1
# text = Of or from Corinth, an old city in Greece.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Corinth	Corinth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Greece	Greece	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A Corinthian column is a tall pillar with a top carved with leaves and curls, one of three old Greek styles.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corinthian:m2:1
# text = A Corinthian column is a tall pillar with a top carved with leaves and curls, one of three old Greek styles.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Corinthian	corinthian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	column	column	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pillar	pillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	curls	curl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	conj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
20	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	styles	style	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a Corinthian column | a tall pillar |  |  |  | with a top | tree rules |
| 2 | **carve** | participle |  | a top *not said here* |  |  |  | with leaves and curls | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The temple had tall Corinthian columns.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corinthian:x1:1
# text = The temple had tall Corinthian columns.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	Corinthian	corinthian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	columns	column	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **have** | past | the temple | tall Corinthian columns |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent column=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The Corinthian style has carved leaves on top.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corinthian:x2:1
# text = The Corinthian style has carved leaves on top.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Corinthian	corinthian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the Corinthian style | carved leaves |  | top |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient |
| 2 | **carve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Greek builders used three styles: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corinthian:x3:1
# text = Greek builders used three styles: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.
1	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	builders	builder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	styles	style	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Doric	doric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Ionic	ionic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Corinthian	Corinthian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | Greek builders | three styles |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent style=Patient |

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