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title: impressionist — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «impressionist» in the school dictionary: A performer who copies the voices and ways of famous people for entertainment. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# impressionist

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**Who acts:** performer, Impressionist, Claude, Debussy, Monet, We · **What happens:** copy, be, paint, show, look, use · **To what, where:** voices, one, light, short brushstrokes, Impressionist paintings, water lilies

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«impressionist» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [impressionist in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/impressionist.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A performer who copies the voices and ways of famous people for entertainment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impressionist:m1:1
# text = A performer who copies the voices and ways of famous people for entertainment.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	performer	performer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	copies	copy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | present | a performer | the voices and ways of famous people for entertainment |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: art — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An Impressionist is one of a group of painters in France in the late 1800s, such as Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who painted light and colour quickly in short brushstrokes to show a moment as it looked.

<!-- fold The tree, 39 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impressionist:m2:1
# text = An Impressionist is one of a group of painters in France in the late 1800s, such as Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who painted light and colour quickly in short brushstrokes to show a moment as it looked.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Impressionist	impressionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	painters	painter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	1800s	1800	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	19	case	_	_
18	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	fixed	_	_
19	Claude	Claude	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	Monet	Monet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	flat	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	Pierre	Pierre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	Auguste	Auguste	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
25	Renoir	Renoir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	28	nsubj	_	_
28	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
29	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
32	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	brushstrokes	brushstroke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	advcl	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
40	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
41	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a Impressionist | one |  |  |  | of a group of painters in France in the late 1800s such Claude and Pierre and Auguste | tree rules |
| 2 | **paint** | past | Claude and Pierre and Auguste | light and colour |  | short brushstrokes |  | quickly *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent light=Theme in brushstroke=Destination |
| 3 | **show** | to-infinitive | Claude and Pierre and Auguste *not said here* |  |  |  | moment |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **look** | past | Impressionist |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In this style.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impressionist:m3:1
# text = In this style.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

<!-- .note -->
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Impressionist paintings; also used for some music, like Debussy's.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impressionist:m3e:1
# text = Impressionist paintings; also used for some music, like Debussy's.
1	Impressionist	impressionist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Debussy	Debussy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle · passive | Debussy | Impressionist paintings |  |  |  | for some music | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent subject=Theme for music=Eventuality |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Monet was a famous Impressionist who painted water lilies.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impressionist:x1:1
# text = Monet was a famous Impressionist who painted water lilies.
1	Monet	Monet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Impressionist	impressionist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	lilies	lily	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Monet |  |  |  |  | impressionist *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **paint** | past |  | water lilies |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent lily=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We painted sunflowers in an Impressionist style with short dabs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impressionist:x2:1
# text = We painted sunflowers in an Impressionist style with short dabs.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sunflowers	sunflower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Impressionist	impressionist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dabs	dab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | past | We | sunflowers |  | a Impressionist style |  | with short dabs | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent sunflower=Theme in style=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Impressionists liked to paint outdoors to catch the light.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impressionist:x3:1
# text = The Impressionists liked to paint outdoors to catch the light.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Impressionists	Impressionist	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	paint	paint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | the Impressionists |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **paint** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Impressionists *not said here* |  |  |  |  | outdoors *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **catch** | to-infinitive | the Impressionists *not said here* | the light |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The impressionist did the voices of five famous footballers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impressionist:x4:1
# text = The impressionist did the voices of five famous footballers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	impressionist	impressionist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	footballers	footballer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the impressionist | the voices of five famous footballers |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Impressionist paintings look blurry up close and clear from far away.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impressionist:x5:1
# text = Impressionist paintings look blurry up close and clear from far away.
1	Impressionist	impressionist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	blurry	blurry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | Impressionist paintings |  |  |  |  | blurry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My uncle is a great impressionist; he sounds just like our grandad.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impressionist:x6:1
# text = My uncle is a great impressionist; he sounds just like our grandad.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	impressionist	impressionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My uncle | a great impressionist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | present | he | a great impressionist *not said here* |  |  |  | like our grandad | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location impressionist=Theme |

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