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title: gop — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gop» in the school dictionary: GOP: short for «Grand Old Party», a nickname for the Republican Party, one of the two main political parties in the United States. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gop

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**Who acts:** it, GOP, News headlines, symbol, Abraham · **What happens:** appear, be, say, save, argue · **To what, where:** news, name, GOP, space, elephant, first Republican president · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«gop» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: [gop in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gop.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
GOP: short for «Grand Old Party», a nickname for the Republican Party, one of the two main political parties in the United States.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gop:m1:1
# text = GOP: short for «Grand Old Party», a nickname for the Republican Party, one of the two main political parties in the United States.
1	GOP	gop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	nickname	nickname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Republican	Republican	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	Party	Party	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	conj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
21	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
22	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
23	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not an English word on its own in lower case; it appears in news as GOP.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gop:m2:1
# text = Not an English word on its own in lower case; it appears in news as GOP.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	GOP	GOP	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | it |  |  | news as GOP |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in news=Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The GOP is another name for the Republican Party.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gop:x1:1
# text = The GOP is another name for the Republican Party.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	GOP	GOP	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Republican	Republican	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Party	Party	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the GOP | another name |  |  |  | for the Republican Party | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
News headlines often say «GOP» to save space.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gop:x2:1
# text = News headlines often say «GOP» to save space.
1	News	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	headlines	headline	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	GOP	GOP	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | News headlines | GOP |  |  |  | often *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent gop=Topic |
| 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | News headlines *not said here* | space |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The GOP's symbol is an elephant.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gop:x3:1
# text = The GOP's symbol is an elephant.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	GOP	GOP	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	symbol	symbol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the GOP's symbol | a elephant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gop:x4:1
# text = Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president.
1	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	Lincoln	Lincoln	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
6	Republican	Republican	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Abraham | the first Republican president |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
GOP and Democratic leaders argued about the new law.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gop:x5:1
# text = GOP and Democratic leaders argued about the new law.
1	GOP	GOP	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	Democratic	democratic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | GOP and Democratic leaders |  |  |  |  | about the new law | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about law=Topic |

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