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title: illustrator — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «illustrator» in the school dictionary: A person who draws or paints the pictures for books, magazines, posters or websites. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# illustrator

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**Who acts:** person, Quentin, illustrator, She, authors, It · **What happens:** draw, paint, be, want, grow up, use · **To what, where:** pictures, illustrator, funny dragon, page, own illustrators, watercolours

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A person who draws or paints the pictures for books, magazines, posters or websites.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:illustrator:m1:1
# text = A person who draws or paints the pictures for books, magazines, posters or websites.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	draws	draw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	paints	paint	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	magazines	magazine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	posters	poster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	websites	website	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **paint** | present | a person *not said here* | the pictures and magazines and posters or websites |  |  |  | for books | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent picture=Result for book=Beneficiary |

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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 -->
Quentin Blake was the illustrator of many Roald Dahl books.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:illustrator:x1:1
# text = Quentin Blake was the illustrator of many Roald Dahl books.
1	Quentin	Quentin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Blake	Blake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	illustrator	illustrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	Roald	Roald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	Dahl	Dahl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
10	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	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 a** | past | Quentin | the illustrator |  |  |  | of many Roald books | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The illustrator drew a funny dragon on every page.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:illustrator:x2:1
# text = The illustrator drew a funny dragon on every page.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	illustrator	illustrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | the illustrator | a funny dragon |  | every page |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme on page=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who is the illustrator of this picture book?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:illustrator:x3:1
# text = Who is the illustrator of this picture book?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	illustrator	illustrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the illustrator |  |  |  | of this picture book | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She wants to be an illustrator when she grows up.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:illustrator:x4:1
# text = She wants to be an illustrator when she grows up.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	illustrator	illustrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a illustrator |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow up** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Some authors are also their own illustrators.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:illustrator:x5:1
# text = Some authors are also their own illustrators.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	authors	author	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	illustrators	illustrator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | some authors | authors's own illustrators |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The illustrator used watercolours for the pictures.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:illustrator:x6:1
# text = The illustrator used watercolours for the pictures.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	illustrator	illustrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	watercolours	watercolour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the illustrator | watercolours |  |  |  | for the pictures | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent watercolour=Theme for picture=Eventuality |

## Example 7 {#x7}

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It is seldom, indeed, that an illustrator enters so thoroughly into the spirit of his text.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:illustrator:x7:1
# text = It is seldom, indeed, that an illustrator enters so thoroughly into the spirit of his text.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	seldom	seldom	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	illustrator	illustrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	enters	enter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | indeed, seldom *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **enter** | present | a illustrator |  |  | the spirit of illustrator's text |  | thoroughly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into spirit=Initial\_Location |

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