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title: makeup — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «makeup» in the school dictionary: Makeup is coloured creams and powders, like lipstick, mascara and foundation, put on the face to change how it looks. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# makeup

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**Who acts:** Makeup, makeup test, you, Mum, actors, him · **What happens:** be, put, change, look, make, take · **To what, where:** coloured creams, face, makeup, character, one, first one

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«makeup» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings 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: [makeup in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/makeup.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Makeup is coloured creams and powders, like lipstick, mascara and foundation, put on the face to change how it looks.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:makeup:m1:1
# text = Makeup is coloured creams and powders, like lipstick, mascara and foundation, put on the face to change how it looks.
1	Makeup	makeup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	creams	cream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	powders	powder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	lipstick	lipstick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mascara	mascara	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	foundation	foundation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
21	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	23	advmod	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Makeup | coloured creams and powders and lipstick and mascara and foundation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** | participle |  |  |  | the face |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on face=Destination |
| 3 | **change** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **look** | present | Makeup |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

<!-- .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 -->
The makeup of something is what it is made of, or the different parts or people in it: «the makeup of the class».

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:makeup:m2:1
# text = The makeup of something is what it is made of, or the different parts or people in it: «the makeup of the class».
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	makeup	makeup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
18	in	in	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	:	_	23	punct	_	_
21	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	makeup	makeup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the makeup of something |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | makeup |  |  |  | the different parts or people in it *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person's makeup is their character.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:makeup:m3:1
# text = A person's makeup is their character.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	makeup	makeup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a person's makeup | their character |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A makeup test or class is one you take later because you missed the first one.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:makeup:m4:1
# text = A makeup test or class is one you take later because you missed the first one.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	makeup	makeup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
16	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a makeup test or class | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | present | you |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 3 | **miss** | past | you | the first one |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum puts on makeup before work.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:makeup:x1:1
# text = Mum puts on makeup before work.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	makeup	makeup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | present | Mum |  |  | makeup | before work |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on makeup=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The actors wore stage makeup.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:makeup:x2:1
# text = The actors wore stage makeup.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	actors	actor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	makeup	makeup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the actors | stage makeup |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent makeup=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The clown's makeup made him look happy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:makeup:x3:1
# text = The clown's makeup made him look happy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clown	clown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	makeup	makeup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the clown's makeup | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The makeup of the team is five girls and six boys.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:makeup:x4:1
# text = The makeup of the team is five girls and six boys.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	makeup	makeup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the makeup of the team | five girls and six boys |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What is the makeup of the Earth's atmosphere?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:makeup:x5:1
# text = What is the makeup of the Earth's atmosphere?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	makeup	makeup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the makeup of the Earth's atmosphere |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Being kind is part of his makeup.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:makeup:x6:1
# text = Being kind is part of his makeup.
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	makeup	makeup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | part |  |  |  | of his makeup | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
(US) I missed the test, so I have a makeup on Friday.

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:makeup:x7:1
# text = (US) I missed the test, so I have a makeup on Friday.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	makeup	makeup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | US | the test |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer test=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | present | I | a makeup |  |  | friday |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent makeup=Patient |

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