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title: disco — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «disco» in the school dictionary: A disco is a party or event where people dance to recorded pop music, often with coloured lights. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# disco

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**Who acts:** disco, people, school disco, We, Grandma, Tickets · **What happens:** be, dance, record, play, flash, love · **To what, where:** party, recorded pop music, dance party, school, kind, flashing disco lights

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A disco is a party or event where people dance to recorded pop music, often with coloured lights.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disco:m1:1
# text = A disco is a party or event where people dance to recorded pop music, often with coloured lights.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disco	disco	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	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	dance	dance	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
13	pop	pop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	often	often	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 disco | a party or event |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dance** | present | people |  |  | recorded pop music |  | with coloured lights | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme to music=Trajectory |
| 3 | **record** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «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 school disco is an evening dance party for pupils at school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disco:m2:1
# text = A school disco is an evening dance party for pupils at school.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	disco	disco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a school disco | a dance party |  | school |  | for pupils | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Disco is a kind of dance music with a strong beat, popular long ago and still played at parties.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disco:m3:1
# text = Disco is a kind of dance music with a strong beat, popular long ago and still played at parties.
1	Disco	Disco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	beat	beat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
15	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	still	still	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Disco | a kind |  |  |  | of dance music with a strong beat | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Disco *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | participle | Disco *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The school disco is on Friday night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disco:x1:1
# text = The school disco is on Friday night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	disco	disco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	night	night	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 | the school disco |  |  |  | on Friday night |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We danced under the flashing disco lights.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disco:x2:1
# text = We danced under the flashing disco lights.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	flashing	flash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	amod	_	_
6	disco	disco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | We |  |  | the flashing disco lights |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under light=Location |
| 2 | **flash** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma loves old disco music.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disco:x3:1
# text = Grandma loves old disco music.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	disco	disco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | Grandma | old disco music |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer music=Stimulus |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A silver disco ball hung from the ceiling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disco:x4:1
# text = A silver disco ball hung from the ceiling.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	disco	disco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | participle |  | a silver disco ball *not said here* |  | the ceiling |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tickets for the disco cost £2 each.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disco:x5:1
# text = Tickets for the disco cost £2 each.
1	Tickets	ticket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	disco	disco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | Tickets for the disco |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme £=Value |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lily was too shy to dance at her first disco.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disco:x6:1
# text = Lily was too shy to dance at her first disco.
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	disco	disco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 | **is** | past | Lily |  |  |  |  | shy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **dance** | to-infinitive | Lily *not said here* |  |  | Lily's first disco |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at disco=Location |

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