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title: ornamental — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ornamental» in the school dictionary: Ornamental means used to decorate and make something look nice, rather than for a practical use. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ornamental

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**Who acts:** Ornamental, something, garden, fireplace, Ornamental cherry trees, church door · **What happens:** mean, use, decorate, make, look, have · **To what, where:** something, ornamental pond, flowers, ornamental carvings, wind, little lady · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ornamental means used to decorate and make something look nice, rather than for a practical use.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ornamental:m1:1
# text = Ornamental means used to decorate and make something look nice, rather than for a practical use.
1	Ornamental	Ornamental	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	decorate	decorate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	17	cc	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	practical	practical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Ornamental |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **decorate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **make** | infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **look** | infinitive | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  | a practical use *vocative*; nice *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The garden has an ornamental pond with goldfish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ornamental:x1:1
# text = The garden has an ornamental pond with goldfish.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	ornamental	ornamental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the garden | a ornamental pond |  |  |  | with goldfish | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pond=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fireplace is only ornamental; it doesn't work.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ornamental:x2:1
# text = The fireplace is only ornamental; it doesn't work.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fireplace	fireplace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ornamental	ornamental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the fireplace |  |  |  |  | ornamental *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **work** | present · do-support | fireplace |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ornamental cherry trees have pretty flowers but no fruit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ornamental:x3:1
# text = Ornamental cherry trees have pretty flowers but no fruit.
1	Ornamental	Ornamental	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	cherry	cherry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Ornamental cherry trees | flowers but no fruit |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The church door has ornamental carvings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ornamental:x4:1
# text = The church door has ornamental carvings.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	ornamental	ornamental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	carvings	carving	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the church door | ornamental carvings |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carving=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ornamental grasses sway in the wind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ornamental:x5:1
# text = Ornamental grasses sway in the wind.
1	Ornamental	ornamental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	grasses	grass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sway	sway	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sway** | present | Ornamental grasses |  |  | the wind |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wind=Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That sword is ornamental, not for fighting.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ornamental:x6:1
# text = That sword is ornamental, not for fighting.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	ornamental	ornamental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	parataxis	_	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 | that sword |  |  |  |  | ornamental *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **fight** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I see that you are useful, as well as ornamental, my little lady."

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ornamental:x7:1
# text = I see that you are useful, as well as ornamental, my little lady."
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	11	advmod	_	_
9	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	fixed	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
11	ornamental	ornamental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | I | my little lady |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | useful *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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