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title: creation — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «creation» in the school dictionary: Creation is the act of making something new. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# creation

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**Who acts:** Creation, act, someone, world, chef, Lego creation · **What happens:** be, make, tell, mean, show off, create · **To what, where:** act, something, thing, making, God, Genesis · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«creation» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: [creation in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/creation.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Creation is the act of making something new.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creation:m1:1
# text = Creation is the act of making something new.
1	Creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Creation | the act |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | the act *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A creation is a thing someone has made, like a painting, a cake or a story.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creation:m2:1
# text = A creation is a thing someone has made, like a painting, a cake or a story.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	creation	creation	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	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 creation | a thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present · perfect | someone | a thing *not said here* |  |  |  | like a painting and a cake or a story | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Product |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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Usage: Bible, religion — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Creation, or the Creation, is the making of the world by God, told in Genesis; it can also mean the whole world and everything in it.

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creation:m3:1
# text = Creation, or the Creation, is the making of the world by God, told in Genesis; it can also mean the whole world and everything in it.
1	Creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	making	making	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
21	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	also	also	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	26	conj	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Creation or the Creation | the making |  |  |  | of the world | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle |  | God *not said here* |  | Genesis |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** | can | world | the whole world |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The chef showed off her latest creation: a rainbow cake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creation:x1:1
# text = The chef showed off her latest creation: a rainbow cake.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chef	chef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	latest	late	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **show off** | past | the chef | chef's latest creation |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent creation=Recipient |
| 2 | **create** |  | chef |  |  |  |  |  | nom creation «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The creation of the school garden took all term.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creation:x2:1
# text = The creation of the school garden took all term.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the creation of the school garden | all term |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Theme |
| 2 | **create** |  |  | the school garden |  |  |  |  | nom creation «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In Genesis, creation takes six days.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creation:x3:1
# text = In Genesis, creation takes six days.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | creation |  |  | Genesis | day |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in genesis=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My Lego creation was a castle with a moat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creation:x4:1
# text = My Lego creation was a castle with a moat.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Lego	Lego	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	moat	moat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | My Lego creation | a castle |  |  |  | with a moat | tree rules |
| 2 | **create** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom creation «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Christians believe people should care for God's creation.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creation:x5:1
# text = Christians believe people should care for God's creation.
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **care** | should | people |  |  |  |  | for God's creation | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for creation=Theme |
| 3 | **create** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom creation «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The creation of the national park protected the forest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creation:x6:1
# text = The creation of the national park protected the forest.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	protected	protect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | past | the creation of the national park | the forest |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **create** |  |  | the national park |  |  |  |  | nom creation «act transitive»: of=patient |

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