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title: cornucopia — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cornucopia» in the school dictionary: A cornucopia is a horn-shaped basket filled with fruit, grain and flowers, a picture of plenty. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cornucopia

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**Who acts:** cornucopia, picture, goddess, table · **What happens:** shape, be, fill, show, spill, hold · **To what, where:** shaped basket, cornucopia, apples

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A cornucopia is a horn-shaped basket filled with fruit, grain and flowers, a picture of plenty.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cornucopia:m1:1
# text = A cornucopia is a horn-shaped basket filled with fruit, grain and flowers, a picture of plenty.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cornucopia	cornucopia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a cornucopia | a shaped basket and a picture of plenty |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fill** | participle |  | a shaped basket and a picture of plenty *not said here* |  |  |  | with fruit and grain and flowers | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with fruit=Instrument |

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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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The picture showed a cornucopia spilling apples and wheat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cornucopia:x1:1
# text = The picture showed a cornucopia spilling apples and wheat.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showed	show	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	cornucopia	cornucopia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	spilling	spill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the picture | a cornucopia |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cornucopia=Recipient |
| 2 | **spill** | gerund | a cornucopia *not said here* | apples and wheat |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location apple=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The goddess held a cornucopia full of fruit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cornucopia:x2:1
# text = The goddess held a cornucopia full of fruit.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goddess	goddess	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	cornucopia	cornucopia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | the goddess | a cornucopia |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cornucopia=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The table was like a cornucopia of good things.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cornucopia:x3:1
# text = The table was like a cornucopia of good things.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cornucopia	cornucopia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the table |  |  |  |  | like a cornucopia; of good things | tree rules |

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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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