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title: festival — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «festival» in the school dictionary: A special day or time when people celebrate something, often with traditions, food, music or religious ceremonies, like Diwali, Eid or Hanukkah. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# festival

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**Who acts:** people, Diwali, town, we, Eid, you · **What happens:** celebrate, be, have, bring, go, meet · **To what, where:** something, festival, music festival, food, harvest festival, happy festival

<!-- .vabout -->
«festival» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [festival in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/festival.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A special day or time when people celebrate something, often with traditions, food, music or religious ceremonies, like Diwali, Eid or Hanukkah.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festival:m1:1
# text = A special day or time when people celebrate something, often with traditions, food, music or religious ceremonies, like Diwali, Eid or Hanukkah.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	traditions	tradition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	like	like	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	Eid	Eid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	Hanukkah	Hanukkah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | present | people | something |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |

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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 -->
An organised event with lots of performances or activities, like a music festival, a book festival or a film festival.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festival:m2:1
# text = An organised event with lots of performances or activities, like a music festival, a book festival or a film festival.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	organised	organised	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	performances	performance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	activities	activity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Diwali is a festival of lights.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festival:x1:1
# text = Diwali is a festival of lights.
1	Diwali	Diwali	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	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our town has a music festival every summer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festival:x2:1
# text = Our town has a music festival every summer.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Our town | a music festival |  |  | summer |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent festival=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At the harvest festival we brought food for the food bank.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festival:x3:1
# text = At the harvest festival we brought food for the food bank.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | we | food |  | the harvest festival |  | for the food bank | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Eid is a happy festival at the end of Ramadan.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festival:x4:1
# text = Eid is a happy festival at the end of Ramadan.
1	Eid	Eid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Ramadan	Ramadan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Eid | a happy festival |  |  | at the end of Ramadan |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lunar New Year is celebrated with dragons and red envelopes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festival:x5:1
# text = Lunar New Year is celebrated with dragons and red envelopes.
1	Lunar	Lunar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	envelopes	envelope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | present · passive |  | Lunar New Year |  |  |  | with dragons and red envelopes | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We went to a book festival and met an author.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festival:x6:1
# text = We went to a book festival and met an author.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | We |  |  | a book festival |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to festival=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **meet** | past | We *not said here* | a author |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent author=Co-Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If you get lost at the festival, go to the meeting point.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festival:x7:1
# text = If you get lost at the festival, go to the meeting point.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | you |  | the festival |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the meeting point |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to point=Initial\_Location |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Matariki is a festival in New Zealand that marks the Māori New Year.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festival:x8:1
# text = Matariki is a festival in New Zealand that marks the Māori New Year.
1	Matariki	Matariki	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	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
7	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	marks	mark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	Māori	Māori	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Matariki | a festival |  | New Zealand |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mark** | present | that | the Māori New Year |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent year=Theme |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This festival was celebrated in honour of Ceres.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festival:x9:1
# text = This festival was celebrated in honour of Ceres.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	festival	festival	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	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Ceres	Ceres	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | past · passive |  | this festival |  | honour of Ceres |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **honour** |  |  | Ceres |  |  |  |  | nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient |

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