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title: mexican — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mexican» in the school dictionary: From or to do with Mexico, its people, language or culture. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# mexican

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**Who acts:** We, mum, crowd, Mexican flags, Many Mexicans, Mexican desert · **What happens:** do, have, be, speak, learn, open · **To what, where:** people, Mexican food, Mexican wave, stadium, Spanish, Mexican song · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«mexican» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [mexican in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mexican.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
From or to do with Mexico, its people, language or culture.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mexican:m1:1
# text = From or to do with Mexico, its people, language or culture.
1	From	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	culture	culture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | its people and language or culture |  |  |  | with Mexico | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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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Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person from Mexico.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mexican:m2:1
# text = A person from Mexico.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Food in the style of Mexico, such as tacos and burritos.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mexican:m3:1
# text = Food in the style of Mexico, such as tacos and burritos.
1	Food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	tacos	taco	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	burritos	burrito	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We had Mexican food for dinner: tacos and beans.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mexican:x1:1
# text = We had Mexican food for dinner: tacos and beans.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Mexican	Mexican	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	tacos	taco	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | We | Mexican food |  |  |  | for dinner | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My friend's mum is Mexican.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mexican:x2:1
# text = My friend's mum is Mexican.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	Mexican	Mexican	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | My friend's mum |  |  |  |  | mexican *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The crowd did a Mexican wave around the stadium.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mexican:x3:1
# text = The crowd did a Mexican wave around the stadium.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	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	Mexican	Mexican	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	around	around	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stadium	stadium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the crowd | a Mexican wave |  | the stadium |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Eventuality |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mexican flags are green, white and red.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mexican:x4:1
# text = Mexican flags are green, white and red.
1	Mexican	Mexican	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mexican flags |  |  |  |  | green *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Mexican flags *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Mexican flags *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many Mexicans speak Spanish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mexican:x5:1
# text = Many Mexicans speak Spanish.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Mexicans	mexican	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Spanish	Spanish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Many Mexicans | Spanish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Mexican desert is home to many cacti.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mexican:x6:1
# text = The Mexican desert is home to many cacti.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Mexican	Mexican	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cacti	cactus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Mexican desert |  |  |  |  | to many cacti; home *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We learned a Mexican song in music.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mexican:x7:1
# text = We learned a Mexican song in music.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Mexican	Mexican	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | We | a Mexican song |  | music |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Topic |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They opened a Mexican restaurant on our street.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mexican:x8:1
# text = They opened a Mexican restaurant on our street.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Mexican	Mexican	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	restaurant	restaurant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | They | a Mexican restaurant |  | our street |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent restaurant=Theme on street=Location |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Then one day a favorite rabbit of the Princess's, called Frederick, mysteriously disappeared, and then came a terrible morning when the Mexican lapdog was missing.

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mexican:x9:1
# text = Then one day a favorite rabbit of the Princess's, called Frederick, mysteriously disappeared, and then came a terrible morning when the Mexican lapdog was missing.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	favorite	favorite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	Frederick	Frederick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	mysteriously	mysteriously	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	disappeared	disappeared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
20	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl:unmarked	_	_
24	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	29	mark	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	Mexican	Mexican	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	lapdog	lapdog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
29	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle · passive |  | a favorite rabbit of the Princess |  |  | then; day | disappeared *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **come** | past |  |  |  |  | then; morning |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | the Mexican lapdog |  |  |  |  | missing *property* | tree rules |

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