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title: diadem — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «diadem» in the school dictionary: A diadem is a crown or band worn on the head, often made of gold or jewels, and worn by a queen, princess or other royal person. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# diadem

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**Who acts:** diadem, princess, queen, old tale · **What happens:** be, wear, make, place, tell · **To what, where:** crown, head, golden diadem, hair, diadem · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A diadem is a crown or band worn on the head, often made of gold or jewels, and worn by a queen, princess or other royal person.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:diadem:m1:1
# text = A diadem is a crown or band worn on the head, often made of gold or jewels, and worn by a queen, princess or other royal person.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	diadem	diadem	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	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	often	often	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
22	by	by	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
27	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
28	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
29	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	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 diadem | a crown or band |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | a crown or band *not said here* |  | the head |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of gold or jewels; often *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 4 | **wear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by a queen and princess or other royal person | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The princess wore a golden diadem in her hair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:diadem:x1:1
# text = The princess wore a golden diadem in her hair.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wore	wear	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	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	diadem	diadem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the princess | a golden diadem |  | princess's hair |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent diadem=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The queen placed a diadem of pearls on her daughter's head.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:diadem:x2:1
# text = The queen placed a diadem of pearls on her daughter's head.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	placed	place	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	diadem	diadem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | past | the queen | a diadem of pearls |  | queen's daughter's head |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent diadem=Theme on head=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old tale tells of three diadems of pure gold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:diadem:x3:1
# text = The old tale tells of three diadems of pure gold.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	diadems	diadem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the old tale |  |  |  |  | of three diadems of pure gold | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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