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title: laurels — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «laurels» in the school dictionary: Laurels are the leaves or bushes of the laurel plant. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# laurels

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**Who acts:** Laurels, They, He, his · **What happens:** be, mean, sit, win, sing · **To what, where:** leaves, honour, laurels

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Laurels are the leaves or bushes of the laurel plant.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:laurels:m1:1
# text = Laurels are the leaves or bushes of the laurel plant.
1	Laurels	laurel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	laurel	laurel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 | **is a** | present | Laurels | the leaves or bushes of the laurel plant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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Laurels means honour and praise for a success (rest on one's laurels: be content with past success).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:laurels:m2:1
# text = Laurels means honour and praise for a success (rest on one's laurels: be content with past success).
1	Laurels	laurel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	laurels	laurel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
17	content	content	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Laurels | honour and praise |  |  |  | for a success and rest on one's laurels | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot honour=Theme for success=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with past success; content *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Plant these two laurels by the gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:laurels:x1:1
# text = Plant these two laurels by the gate.
1	Plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	laurels	laurel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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They sat under the laurels in the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:laurels:x2:1
# text = They sat under the laurels in the garden.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	laurels	laurel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | They |  |  | the laurels |  | in the garden | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under laurel=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He won laurels for his singing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:laurels:x3:1
# text = He won laurels for his singing.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	laurels	laurel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | He | laurels |  |  |  | for his singing | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent laurel=Theme for singing=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **sing** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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