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title: exhibit — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «exhibit» in the school dictionary: To exhibit means to show things publicly, especially in a museum or gallery: they exhibited our paintings. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# exhibit

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**Who acts:** things, exhibit, dog, dinosaur skeleton, you, science centre · **What happens:** exhibit, mean, show, be, fear, not touch · **To what, where:** things, paintings, one object, museum, whole exhibition, feeling · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«exhibit» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [exhibit in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/exhibit.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To exhibit means to show things publicly, especially in a museum or gallery: they exhibited our paintings.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhibit:m1:1
# text = To exhibit means to show things publicly, especially in a museum or gallery: they exhibited our paintings.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	exhibit	exhibit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	publicly	publicly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	gallery	gallery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	exhibited	exhibit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
18	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhibit** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | things |  |  |  | publicly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient |
| 4 | **exhibit** | past | things *= thing* | our paintings |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent painting=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
An exhibit is one object shown in a museum or exhibition.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhibit:m2:1
# text = An exhibit is one object shown in a museum or exhibition.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	exhibit	exhibit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a exhibit | one object |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | participle |  | one object *not said here* |  | a museum or exhibition |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the USA, an exhibit can mean a whole exhibition: a dinosaur exhibit.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhibit:m3:1
# text = In the USA, an exhibit can mean a whole exhibition: a dinosaur exhibit.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	exhibit	exhibit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	exhibit	exhibit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | a exhibit | a whole exhibition and a dinosaur exhibit |  |  |  | in the USA | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot exhibition=Theme in usa=Attribute |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To exhibit means to show a feeling or sign: the dog exhibited fear.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhibit:m4:1
# text = To exhibit means to show a feeling or sign: the dog exhibited fear.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	exhibit	exhibit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	exhibited	exhibited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhibit** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | a feeling or sign and exhibited fear |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient |
| 4 | **fear** |  | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 5 {#m5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In court, an exhibit is a piece of evidence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhibit:m5:1
# text = In court, an exhibit is a piece of evidence.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	exhibit	exhibit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a exhibit | a piece |  | court |  | of evidence | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our art was exhibited in the school hall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhibit:x1:1
# text = Our art was exhibited in the school hall.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	exhibited	exhibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhibit** | past · passive |  | Our art |  | the school hall |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dinosaur skeleton is the biggest exhibit in the museum.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhibit:x2:1
# text = The dinosaur skeleton is the biggest exhibit in the museum.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	exhibit	exhibit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the dinosaur skeleton | the biggest exhibit |  | the museum |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Please do not touch the exhibits.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhibit:x3:1
# text = Please do not touch the exhibits.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	touch	touch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	exhibits	exhibit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the exhibits |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme exhibit=Co-Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The science centre has lots of hands-on exhibits.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhibit:x4:1
# text = The science centre has lots of hands-on exhibits.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	exhibits	exhibit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the science centre | lots of hands on exhibits |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The patient exhibited signs of a fever.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhibit:x5:1
# text = The patient exhibited signs of a fever.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exhibited	exhibit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhibit** | past | the patient | signs of a fever |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme |
| 2 | **sign** |  |  | a fever |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We visited a new space exhibit at the museum.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhibit:x6:1
# text = We visited a new space exhibit at the museum.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	visited	visit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	exhibit	exhibit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | past | We | a new space exhibit |  | the museum |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exhibit=Co-Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Leopard exhibited one by one the various spots which decorated his skin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhibit:x7:1
# text = The Leopard exhibited one by one the various spots which decorated his skin.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exhibited	exhibit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhibit** | past | the Leopard | one |  |  |  | by one  the various spots | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 2 | **decorate** | past | the various spots | Leopard's skin |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Destination |

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