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title: creator — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «creator» in the school dictionary: A creator is a person who makes or invents something new, such as a story, game, character or video. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# creator

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**Who acts:** creator, person, God, other religions, Rowling, Christians · **What happens:** be, make, invent, believe, need, try · **To what, where:** person, something, God, other religions, world, creator · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A creator is a person who makes or invents something new, such as a story, game, character or video.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creator:m1:1
# text = A creator is a person who makes or invents something new, such as a story, game, character or video.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	creator	creator	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	invents	invent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	16	case	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a creator | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **invent** | present | a person *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Result |

<!-- .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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: religion — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Creator is God, who Christians, Jews and Muslims believe made the world and everything in it.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creator:m2:1
# text = The Creator is God, who Christians, Jews and Muslims believe made the world and everything in it.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Creator	creator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	15	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Creator | God and Christians and Jews and Muslims |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | God and Christians and Jews and Muslims |  |  |  |  | make *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A creator can also be a god in other religions who made the world.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creator:m3:1
# text = A creator can also be a god in other religions who made the world.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	creator	creator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	religions	religion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a creator | a god |  | other religions |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past | other religions | the world |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Product |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
J.K. Rowling is the creator of Harry Potter.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* J.K.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creator:x1:1
# text = J.K.
1	J.K	J.K	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Rowling is the creator of Harry Potter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creator:x1:2
# text = Rowling is the creator of Harry Potter.
1	Rowling	Rowling	PROPN	NNP	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	creator	creator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	Potter	Potter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Rowling | the creator |  |  |  | of Harry | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The creator of the game made it in his bedroom.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creator:x2:1
# text = The creator of the game made it in his bedroom.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	creator	creator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the creator of the game | game |  | creator's bedroom |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Christians believe God is the Creator of heaven and earth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creator:x3:1
# text = Christians believe God is the Creator of heaven and earth.
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	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Creator	creator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 |
| 2 | **is a** | present | God | the Creator and earth |  |  |  | of heaven | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My cousin is a video creator online.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creator:x4:1
# text = My cousin is a video creator online.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	creator	creator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	online	online	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My cousin | a video creator |  |  |  | online *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is about a creature and its creator.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creator:x5:1
# text = Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is about a creature and its creator.
1	Mary	Mary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Shelley	Shelley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
4	Frankenstein	Frankenstein	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	creator	creator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Frankenstein |  |  |  |  | about Mary's creature and its creator | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every creator needs time to try ideas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creator:x6:1
# text = Every creator needs time to try ideas.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	creator	creator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | every creator |  |  |  | time |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **try** | to-infinitive | every creator *not said here* | ideas |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Eventuality |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The prayer thanks the Creator for the beauty of the world.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creator:x7:1
# text = The prayer thanks the Creator for the beauty of the world.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thanks	thank	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Creator	creator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | the prayer | the Creator |  |  |  | for the beauty of the world | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent creator=Theme for beauty=Attribute |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Lord our Creator is wise and full of loving kindness--who can doubt it?

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:creator:x8:1
# text = The Lord our Creator is wise and full of loving kindness--who can doubt it?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	Creator	creator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	loving	loving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	doubt	doubt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Lord |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the Lord *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of loving kindness | tree rules |
| 3 | **doubt** | can | loving kindness | Creator |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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