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title: medallion — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «medallion» in the school dictionary: A medallion is a round or oval flat piece of metal or jewellery, worn on a chain, with a picture or design on it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# medallion

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**Who acts:** medallion, She · **What happens:** be, wear, decorate, paint, show · **To what, where:** round flat piece, chain, round decorated panel, wall, gold medallion, long chain

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A medallion is a round or oval flat piece of metal or jewellery, worn on a chain, with a picture or design on it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medallion:m1:1
# text = A medallion is a round or oval flat piece of metal or jewellery, worn on a chain, with a picture or design on it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	medallion	medallion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	oval	oval	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	design	design	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a medallion | a round flat piece |  |  |  | of metal or jewellery | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | a round flat piece *not said here* |  | a chain |  | with a picture on medallion or design | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

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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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A medallion can also be a round decorated panel on a wall or ceiling.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medallion:m2:1
# text = A medallion can also be a round decorated panel on a wall or ceiling.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	medallion	medallion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	panel	panel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decorate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | can | a medallion | a round decorated panel |  | a wall or ceiling |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She wore a gold medallion on a long chain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medallion:x1:1
# text = She wore a gold medallion on a long chain.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	medallion	medallion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | She | a gold medallion |  | a long chain |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent medallion=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tiny picture was painted on the medallion.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medallion:x2:1
# text = A tiny picture was painted on the medallion.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	medallion	medallion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | past · passive |  | a tiny picture |  | the medallion |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme on medallion=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The medallion showed a little puppet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medallion:x3:1
# text = The medallion showed a little puppet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	medallion	medallion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showed	show	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	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	puppet	puppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the medallion | a little puppet |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent puppet=Recipient |

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