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title: festoon — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «festoon» in the school dictionary: A festoon is a chain or string of flowers, leaves, ribbons or lights hanging in a curve between two points. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# festoon

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**Who acts:** festoon, ribbons, Birds · **What happens:** be, hang, appear, festoon · **To what, where:** chain, curve, Brilliant lamps, festoons, tangle, hall

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«festoon» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: [festoon in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/festoon.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A festoon is a chain or string of flowers, leaves, ribbons or lights hanging in a curve between two points.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festoon:m1:1
# text = A festoon is a chain or string of flowers, leaves, ribbons or lights hanging in a curve between two points.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	festoon	festoon	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	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
16	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	curve	curve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	between	between	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 festoon | a chain or string of flowers and leaves and ribbons or lights |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang** | gerund | ribbons or lights *not said here* |  |  | a curve |  | between two points | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in curve=Location |

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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 -->
To festoon is to decorate a place with such chains.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festoon:m2:1
# text = To festoon is to decorate a place with such chains.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	festoon	festoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	decorate	decorate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	chains	chain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | decorate *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brilliant lamps hung in festoons from tree to tree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festoon:x1:1
# text = Brilliant lamps hung in festoons from tree to tree.
1	Brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	festoons	festoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | participle |  | Brilliant lamps *not said here* |  | festoons |  | from tree; to tree | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in festoon=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Birds, flowers and festoons appeared in a tangle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festoon:x2:1
# text = Birds, flowers and festoons appeared in a tangle.
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	festoons	festoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tangle	tangle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | past | Birds and flowers and festoons |  |  | a tangle |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tangle=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hall was festooned with paper flowers for the feast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:festoon:x3:1
# text = The hall was festooned with paper flowers for the feast.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hall	hall	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	festooned	festoon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **festoon** | past · passive |  | the hall |  |  |  | with paper flowers for the feast | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with flower=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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