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title: label — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «label» in the school dictionary: A label is a small piece of paper, cloth or plastic on something that gives information about it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# label

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** label, lines, you, your, product, It · **What happens:** be, give, label, write, point, name · **To what, where:** small piece, information, something, label, names, parts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«label» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [label in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/label.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A label is a small piece of paper, cloth or plastic on something that gives information about it.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:label:m1:1
# text = A label is a small piece of paper, cloth or plastic on something that gives information about it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	label	label	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	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nmod	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a label | a small piece and cloth on something or plastic |  |  |  | of paper | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present |  | information |  |  |  | about label | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To label something is to put a label on it or write names on its parts.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:label:m2:1
# text = To label something is to put a label on it or write names on its parts.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	label	label	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	label	label	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **label** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent something=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | label |  | put *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **write** | infinitive |  | names |  | label's parts |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Theme on part=Destination |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To label a diagram is to write the names of its parts with lines pointing to them.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:label:m3:1
# text = To label a diagram is to write the names of its parts with lines pointing to them.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	label	label	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	diagram	diagram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
15	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **label** | to-infinitive |  | a diagram |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent diagram=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | write *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **point** | gerund | lines *not said here* |  | lines *= line* |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient |
| 4 | **name** |  |  | diagram's parts with lines |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To label someone is to describe them with a word, often unfairly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:label:m4:1
# text = To label someone is to describe them with a word, often unfairly.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	label	label	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	unfairly	unfairly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **label** | to-infinitive |  |  | someone |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent someone=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with a word; describe, unfairly *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Label the parts of the flower.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:label:x1:1
# text = Label the parts of the flower.
1	Label	label	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **label** | imperative | you *not said here* | the parts of the flower |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent part=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Read the label before you take any medicine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:label:x2:1
# text = Read the label before you take any medicine.
1	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	label	label	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* | the label |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | present | you | any medicine |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Put a name label on your lunch box.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:label:x3:1
# text = Put a name label on your lunch box.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	label	label	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | a name label |  | your lunch box |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent label=Theme on box=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The label says the jumper must be washed cold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:label:x4:1
# text = The label says the jumper must be washed cold.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	label	label	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jumper	jumper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the label |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wash** | must · passive |  | the jumper |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Label both axes on your bar chart.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:label:x5:1
# text = Label both axes on your bar chart.
1	Label	label	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	axes	ax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	chart	chart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **label** | imperative | you *not said here* | both axes |  | your bar chart |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ax=Destination |
| 2 | **chart** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom chart «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This label warns that the product is poisonous.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:label:x6:1
# text = This label warns that the product is poisonous.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	label	label	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	warns	warn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | this label |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the product |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's unkind to label someone as lazy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:label:x7:1
# text = It's unkind to label someone as lazy.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	label	label	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **label** | to-infinitive |  |  | someone |  |  | as lazy | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent someone=Destination |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its china label was quite coated over with dirt and cobwebs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:label:x8:1
# text = Its china label was quite coated over with dirt and cobwebs.
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	china	china	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	label	label	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	coated	coat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	cobwebs	cobweb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coat over** | past · passive |  | Its china label |  |  |  | with dirt and cobwebs; over *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with dirt=Theme |
| 2 | **label** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom label «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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