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title: enthusiast — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «enthusiast» in the school dictionary: An enthusiast is a person who is very keen on something and loves doing it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# enthusiast

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**Who acts:** enthusiast, person, brother, teacher, young enthusiast, He · **What happens:** be, love, do, read · **To what, where:** person, something, enthusiast, keen chess enthusiast, book

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«enthusiast» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [enthusiast in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/enthusiast.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An enthusiast is a person who is very keen on something and loves doing it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enthusiast:m1:1
# text = An enthusiast is a person who is very keen on something and loves doing it.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enthusiast	enthusiast	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	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	xcomp	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 enthusiast | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a person |  |  | something |  | keen *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **love** | present | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **do** *not said to happen* | gerund | a person *not said here* | enthusiast |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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}

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My brother is a keen chess enthusiast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enthusiast:x1:1
# text = My brother is a keen chess enthusiast.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	chess	chess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	enthusiast	enthusiast	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 a** | present | My brother | a keen chess enthusiast |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Our teacher is an enthusiast for maths games.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enthusiast:x2:1
# text = Our teacher is an enthusiast for maths games.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	enthusiast	enthusiast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	compound	_	_
8	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Our teacher | a enthusiast |  |  |  | for maths games | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The young enthusiast read every book about dinosaurs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enthusiast:x3:1
# text = The young enthusiast read every book about dinosaurs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	enthusiast	enthusiast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | the young enthusiast | every book |  |  |  | about dinosaurs | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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He was an enthusiast for trains from the age of five.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enthusiast:x4:1
# text = He was an enthusiast for trains from the age of five.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	enthusiast	enthusiast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a enthusiast |  |  |  | for trains from the age of five | tree rules |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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