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title: portico — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «portico» in the school dictionary: A portico is a roof held up by columns, forming a covered porch at the front of a grand building. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# portico

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**Who acts:** portico, roof, guests, Tall pillars · **What happens:** be, hold up, form, cover, wait, sleep · **To what, where:** roof, covered porch, front, portico, bird, branch

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A portico is a roof held up by columns, forming a covered porch at the front of a grand building.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portico:m1:1
# text = A portico is a roof held up by columns, forming a covered porch at the front of a grand building.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	portico	portico	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	columns	column	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	forming	form	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a portico | a roof |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold up** | participle |  | a roof *not said here* |  |  |  | by columns | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **form** | gerund | a roof *not said here* | a covered porch |  | the front of a grand building |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location porch=Theme |
| 4 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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The guests waited under the portico.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portico:x1:1
# text = The guests waited under the portico.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	portico	portico	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 | **wait** | past | the guests |  |  | the portico |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under portico=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tall pillars held up the portico.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portico:x2:1
# text = Tall pillars held up the portico.
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pillars	pillar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	portico	portico	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | participle | Tall pillars *not said here* | the portico |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot portico=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The bird slept on a branch near the portico.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portico:x3:1
# text = The bird slept on a branch near the portico.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	slept	sleep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	portico	portico	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **sleep** | participle |  | the bird *not said here* |  | a branch |  | near the portico | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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.

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