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title: feb — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «feb» in the school dictionary: The short form of February, the second month of the year. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# feb

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**Who acts:** calendar, Half term, Feb, you, Our, Pancake Day · **What happens:** form, show, be, write, plan, trip · **To what, where:** February, shortest month, form, trip

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The short form of February, the second month of the year.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feb:m1:1
# text = The short form of February, the second month of the year.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** |  |  | February |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 calendar shows Jan, Feb, Mar and so on.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feb:x1:1
# text = The calendar shows Jan, Feb, Mar and so on.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Jan	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Feb	February	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Mar	March	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the calendar |  |  |  | january |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Half term is in Feb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feb:x2:1
# text = Half term is in Feb.
1	Half	half	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	2	amod	_	_
2	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Feb.	February	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Half term |  |  |  |  | in Feb. | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Feb is the shortest month.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feb:x3:1
# text = Feb is the shortest month.
1	Feb	February	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	shortest	short	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Feb | the shortest month |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Write the month as Feb on the form.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feb:x4:1
# text = Write the month as Feb on the form.
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Feb	February	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the form | february; month |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on form=Destination |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our trip is planned for Feb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feb:x5:1
# text = Our trip is planned for Feb.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	planned	plan	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Feb.	February	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | present · passive |  | Our trip |  |  | february |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **trip** |  | Our |  |  |  |  |  | nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Pancake Day often comes in Feb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feb:x6:1
# text = Pancake Day often comes in Feb.
1	Pancake	pancake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Feb.	February	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Pancake Day |  |  |  | february | often *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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