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title: plaudits — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «plaudits» in the school dictionary: Plaudits are loud praise or clapping that people give to a performer or a hero. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# plaudits

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**Who acts:** Plaudits, people, crowd, Genius, Everyone · **What happens:** be, give, mean, call, shower, make · **To what, where:** loud praise, performer, shout, approval, plaudits, young singer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Plaudits are loud praise or clapping that people give to a performer or a hero.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:plaudits:m1:1
# text = Plaudits are loud praise or clapping that people give to a performer or a hero.
1	Plaudits	plaudit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	clapping	clapping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	performer	performer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Plaudits | loud praise or clapping |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | people | loud praise or clapping | a performer or a hero |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Theme to performer=Recipient |

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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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Plaudits can also mean a shout or call of approval from a crowd.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:plaudits:m2:1
# text = Plaudits can also mean a shout or call of approval from a crowd.
1	Plaudits	plaudit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shout	shout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	approval	approval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Plaudits | a shout or call of approval from a crowd |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shout=Topic |
| 2 | **call** |  |  | approval from a crowd |  |  |  |  | nom call «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The crowd showered plaudits on the young singer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:plaudits:x1:1
# text = The crowd showered plaudits on the young singer.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showered	shower	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	plaudits	plaudit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shower** | past | the crowd | plaudits |  | the young singer |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent plaudit=Theme on singer=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Genius made the wood ring with his plaudits.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:plaudits:x2:1
# text = The Genius made the wood ring with his plaudits.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Genius	Genius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	plaudits	plaudit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **make** | past | the Genius | the wood ring |  |  |  | with Genius's plaudits | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everyone cheered and gave the winner plaudits.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:plaudits:x3:1
# text = Everyone cheered and gave the winner plaudits.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cheered	cheer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	plaudits	plaudit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheer** | past | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **give** | past | Everyone *not said here* | the winner plaudits |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plaudit=Theme |

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