---
title: periodical — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «periodical» in the school dictionary: noun. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periodical/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/) / periodical

# periodical

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** magazine, library, aunt, periodicals, museum, machine · **What happens:** come out, happen, keep, write, garden, have · **To what, where:** science periodicals, top shelf, old periodicals, 1800s, periodical checks, article

<!-- .vabout -->
«periodical» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [periodical in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/periodical.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
noun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:periodical:m1:1
# text = noun.
1	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- .note -->
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A magazine or journal that comes out regularly, such as every week, month or three months.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:periodical:m1e:1
# text = A magazine or journal that comes out regularly, such as every week, month or three months.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	magazine	magazine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	journal	journal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	regularly	regularly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	13	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | present | a magazine or journal and every week and month or three months |  |  |  |  | regularly *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
adjective.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:periodical:m2:1
# text = adjective.
1	adjective	adjective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- .note -->
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Happening again and again at regular times (usually "periodic").

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:periodical:m2e:1
# text = Happening again and again at regular times (usually "periodic").
1	Happening	happen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	periodic	periodic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | gerund |  |  |  |  | again; time |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The library keeps science periodicals on the top shelf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:periodical:x1:1
# text = The library keeps science periodicals on the top shelf.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	periodicals	periodical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the library | science periodicals |  | the top shelf |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent periodical=Theme on shelf=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My aunt writes for a gardening periodical.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:periodical:x2:1
# text = My aunt writes for a gardening periodical.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	gardening	garden	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	periodical	periodical	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | My aunt |  |  |  |  | for a gardening periodical | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for periodical=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **garden** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Children's periodicals like comics come out weekly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:periodical:x3:1
# text = Children's periodicals like comics come out weekly.
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	periodicals	periodical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	comics	comic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	weekly	weekly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | present | Children's periodicals like comics |  |  |  |  | out, weekly *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The museum has old periodicals from the 1800s.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:periodical:x4:1
# text = The museum has old periodicals from the 1800s.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	periodicals	periodical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	1800s	1800	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the museum | old periodicals |  | the 1800s |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent periodical=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The machine needs periodical checks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:periodical:x5:1
# text = The machine needs periodical checks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	periodical	periodical	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	checks	check	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | the machine | periodical checks |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot check=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She looked up the article in a medical periodical.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:periodical:x6:1
# text = She looked up the article in a medical periodical.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	periodical	periodical	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look up** | past | She | the article |  |  |  | in a medical periodical | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in periodical=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Of late years several articles have appeared in some of the German periodicals,\[5\] giving accounts or translations of some of the Russian Popular Tales.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:periodical:x7:1
# text = Of late years several articles have appeared in some of the German periodicals,[5] giving accounts or translations of some of the Russian Popular Tales.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
4	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	articles	article	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	appeared	appear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	German	German	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	periodicals	periodical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	_
18	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
19	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	translations	translation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	21	nmod	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
26	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
27	Popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	Tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present · perfect | several articles | 5 |  | some | year |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in some=Location |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | several articles *not said here* | accounts or translations of some |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [periodic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periodic/)
- next →: [periodically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periodically/)
- ↑ back to [P in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/)