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title: demonstration — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «demonstration» in the school dictionary: A demonstration is showing people how to do something or how something works. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# demonstration

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**Who acts:** demonstration, something, people, way, teacher, volcano · **What happens:** show, do, work, be, march, gather · **To what, where:** people, something, public event, way, feeling, love · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A demonstration is showing people how to do something or how something works.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demonstration:m1:1
# text = A demonstration is showing people how to do something or how something works.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	nsubj	_	_
13	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · progressive | a demonstration | people |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | a demonstration *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 3 | **work** | present | something |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 demonstration is a public event where people march or gather to show what they think about something.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demonstration:m2:1
# text = A demonstration is a public event where people march or gather to show what they think about something.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	demonstration	demonstration	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	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	march	march	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	gather	gather	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	obj	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
17	about	about	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	obl	_	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 demonstration | a public event |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **march** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **gather** | present | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **show** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **think** *speech: other* | present | people |  |  |  |  | about something | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A demonstration is a way of showing a feeling or quality: a demonstration of love.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demonstration:m3:1
# text = A demonstration is a way of showing a feeling or quality: a demonstration of love.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	demonstration	demonstration	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	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 demonstration | a way and a demonstration of love |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | gerund | a way and a demonstration of love *not said here* | a feeling or quality |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient |
| 3 | **demonstrate** |  |  | love |  |  |  |  | nom demonstration «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teacher gave a demonstration of how a volcano erupts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demonstration:x1:1
# text = The teacher gave a demonstration of how a volcano erupts.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	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	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	erupts	erupt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the teacher | a demonstration |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demonstration=Theme |
| 2 | **erupt** | present | a volcano |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Watch the demonstration before you try.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demonstration:x2:1
# text = Watch the demonstration before you try.
1	Watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	try	try	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the demonstration |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demonstration=Theme |
| 2 | **try** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The chef did a cooking demonstration.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demonstration:x3:1
# text = The chef did a cooking demonstration.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chef	chef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the chef | a cooking demonstration |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demonstration=Eventuality |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Thousands of people joined the demonstration in the city.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demonstration:x4:1
# text = Thousands of people joined the demonstration in the city.
1	Thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | past | Thousands of people | the demonstration |  | the city |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demonstration=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The demonstration was peaceful.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demonstration:x5:1
# text = The demonstration was peaceful.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the demonstration |  |  |  |  | peaceful *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The firefighter gave a demonstration of how to use the extinguisher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demonstration:x6:1
# text = The firefighter gave a demonstration of how to use the extinguisher.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	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	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	extinguisher	extinguisher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the firefighter | a demonstration |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demonstration=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | to-infinitive | the firefighter *not said here* | the extinguisher |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent extinguisher=Patient |

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