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title: proclaim — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «proclaim» in the school dictionary: To announce something officially and publicly: «The king proclaimed a holiday.». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# proclaim

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**Who acts:** king, everyone, She, smile, His, American colonies · **What happens:** announce, proclaim, say, know, be, show · **To what, where:** something, holiday, best speller, joy, message, independence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«proclaim» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: [proclaim in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/proclaim.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To announce something officially and publicly: «The king proclaimed a holiday.».

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:proclaim:m1:1
# text = To announce something officially and publicly: «The king proclaimed a holiday.».
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	announce	announce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	officially	officially	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	publicly	publicly	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | something |  |  |  | officially *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 2 | **proclaim** *in a quote* | past | the king | a holiday |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent holiday=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To say something proudly or strongly so everyone knows: «She proclaimed she was the best speller.».

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:proclaim:m2:1
# text = To say something proudly or strongly so everyone knows: «She proclaimed she was the best speller.».
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	proudly	proudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
9	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	speller	speller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  | proudly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **proclaim** *in a quote* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | she | the best speller |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To show something clearly: «His smile proclaimed his joy.».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:proclaim:m3:1
# text = To show something clearly: «His smile proclaimed his joy.».
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	smile	smile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive | His smile *not said here* | something |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient |
| 2 | **proclaim** *in a quote* | past | His smile | smile's joy |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Theme |
| 3 | **smile** *in a quote* |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom smile «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **joy** *in a quote* |  | smile |  |  |  |  |  | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To announce or preach a message, like the good news.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:proclaim:m4:1
# text = To announce or preach a message, like the good news.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	announce	announce	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	preach	preach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **preach** *speech: other* | infinitive |  | a message |  |  |  | like the good news | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In 1776 the American colonies proclaimed their independence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:proclaim:x1:1
# text = In 1776 the American colonies proclaimed their independence.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1776	1776	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	colonies	colony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	independence	independence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proclaim** | past | the American colonies | colonies's independence |  | 1776 |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent independence=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The herald proclaimed the new king in the market square.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:proclaim:x2:1
# text = The herald proclaimed the new king in the market square.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	herald	herald	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proclaimed	proclaim	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	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proclaim** | past | the herald | the new king |  | the market square |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tom proclaimed that he would never eat broccoli.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:proclaim:x3:1
# text = Tom proclaimed that he would never eat broccoli.
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	broccoli	broccoli	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proclaim** | past | Tom |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | would | Tom | broccoli |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent broccoli=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The banners proclaimed «Welcome Home!»

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:proclaim:x4:1
# text = The banners proclaimed «Welcome Home!»
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	banners	banner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Welcome	welcome	INTJ	UH	_	3	parataxis	_	_
6	Home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proclaim** | past | the banners |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Christians proclaim the message of Jesus in churches and on the streets.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:proclaim:x5:1
# text = Christians proclaim the message of Jesus in churches and on the streets.
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proclaim	proclaim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proclaim** | present | Christians | the message of Jesus |  | churches and the streets |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The poster proclaimed a big sale.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:proclaim:x6:1
# text = The poster proclaimed a big sale.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proclaimed	proclaim	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	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proclaim** | past | the poster | a big sale |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sale=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All the church bells rung, and the heralds rode about the town proclaiming the betrothal.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:proclaim:x7:1
# text = All the church bells rung, and the heralds rode about the town proclaiming the betrothal.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bells	bell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	rung	rung	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	heralds	herald	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	proclaiming	proclaim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	betrothal	betrothal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bell** | present | all church | rung |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ride** | past | the heralds |  |  |  |  | about the town | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **proclaim** | gerund | the heralds *not said here* | the betrothal |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent betrothal=Theme |

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