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title: festivity — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «festivity» in the school dictionary: Festivities (usually plural) are the parties, music, food and fun events held to celebrate something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# festivity

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**Who acts:** Festivities, Festivity, Christmas festivities, We, air, wedding festivities · **What happens:** be, hold, celebrate, start, join, last · **To what, where:** parties, fun events, something, happy joyful feeling

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«festivity» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [festivity in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/festivity.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Festivities (usually plural) are the parties, music, food and fun events held to celebrate something.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festivity:m1:1
# text = Festivities (usually plural) are the parties, music, food and fun events held to celebrate something.
1	Festivities	festivity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	plural	plural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	fun	fun	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
16	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	_
19	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Festivities | the parties and music |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | participle |  | fun events *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **celebrate** | to-infinitive |  | 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 -->
Festivity (uncountable) is the happy, joyful feeling of a celebration.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festivity:m2:1
# text = Festivity (uncountable) is the happy, joyful feeling of a celebration.
1	Festivity	festivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	uncountable	uncountable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	joyful	joyful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Festivity | the happy joyful feeling |  |  |  | of a celebration | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The town's Christmas festivities started with a lantern parade.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festivity:x1:1
# text = The town's Christmas festivities started with a lantern parade.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	festivities	festivity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	lantern	lantern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	parade	parade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | the town's Christmas festivities |  |  |  |  | with a lantern parade | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with parade=Subeventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We joined in the Diwali festivities at school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festivity:x2:1
# text = We joined in the Diwali festivities at school.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	festivities	festivity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | past | We |  |  |  |  | at school; in the Diwali festivities | vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in festivity=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There was an air of festivity in the street.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festivity:x3:1
# text = There was an air of festivity in the street.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	festivity	festivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a air of festivity in the street |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The wedding festivities lasted all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festivity:x4:1
# text = The wedding festivities lasted all day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	festivities	festivity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | the wedding festivities |  |  |  | day |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After the festivities, we helped clean up.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festivity:x5:1
# text = After the festivities, we helped clean up.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	festivities	festivity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | we |  |  |  | after the festivities |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **clean up** | infinitive | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
New Year's Eve festivities ended with fireworks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festivity:x6:1
# text = New Year's Eve festivities ended with fireworks.
1	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	Eve	Eve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	festivities	festivity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past | New Year's Eve festivities |  |  |  |  | with fireworks | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with firework=Subeventuality |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The wedding festivities lasted a whole month.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festivity:x7:1
# text = The wedding festivities lasted a whole month.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	festivities	festivity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | the wedding festivities |  |  |  | month |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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