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title: curriculum — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «curriculum» in the school dictionary: A curriculum is all the subjects and topics that are taught at a school, college or in a course. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# curriculum

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**Who acts:** curriculum, Coding, national curriculum, children, science curriculum, Teachers · **What happens:** be, teach, say, learn, include, plan · **To what, where:** subjects, topics, school, plan, one subject, school curriculum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«curriculum» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: [curriculum in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/curriculum.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A curriculum is all the subjects and topics that are taught at a school, college or in a course.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:curriculum:m1:1
# text = A curriculum is all the subjects and topics that are taught at a school, college or in a course.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	curriculum	curriculum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	subjects	subject	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	topics	topic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	college	college	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a curriculum | all subjects and topics |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | topics |  | a school and college or a course |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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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 curriculum is also the plan of what is taught in one subject, like the maths curriculum.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:curriculum:m2:1
# text = A curriculum is also the plan of what is taught in one subject, like the maths curriculum.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	curriculum	curriculum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	compound	_	_
18	curriculum	curriculum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a curriculum | the plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | the plan |  | one subject |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Coding is now on the school curriculum.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:curriculum:x1:1
# text = Coding is now on the school curriculum.
1	Coding	coding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	curriculum	curriculum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Coding |  |  | the school curriculum | now |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The national curriculum says what children learn in each year.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:curriculum:x2:1
# text = The national curriculum says what children learn in each year.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	curriculum	curriculum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the national curriculum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **learn** | present | children |  |  |  | year |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our science curriculum includes space and plants.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:curriculum:x3:1
# text = Our science curriculum includes space and plants.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	curriculum	curriculum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	includes	include	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **include** | present | Our science curriculum | space and plants |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Teachers plan lessons from the curriculum.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:curriculum:x4:1
# text = Teachers plan lessons from the curriculum.
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	plan	plan	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	curriculum	curriculum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | present | Teachers | lessons |  | the curriculum |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The new curriculum has more outdoor learning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:curriculum:x5:1
# text = The new curriculum has more outdoor learning.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	curriculum	curriculum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	_
6	outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the new curriculum | more |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient |

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