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title: production — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «production» in the school dictionary: Making or growing things, especially in large amounts: car production, food production. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# production

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**Who acts:** Showing, you, Production, class, Milk production, Car production · **What happens:** make, grow, put on, produce, show, mean · **To what, where:** large amounts, things, amount, play, Annie, something · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«production» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [production in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/production.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Making or growing things, especially in large amounts: car production, food production.

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:production:m1:1
# text = Making or growing things, especially in large amounts: car production, food production.
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	amounts	amount	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  |  |  | large amounts and car production and food production |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund |  | things |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thing=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 -->
The amount that is made.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:production:m2:1
# text = The amount that is made.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | the amount |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Production rose by 200 tins a day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:production:m2e:1
# text = Production rose by 200 tins a day.
1	Production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	200	200	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	tins	tin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | Production |  |  |  | day | by 200 tins | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by tin=Location |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A play, show or film that is put on for people: the school production of «Annie».

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:production:m3:1
# text = A play, show or film that is put on for people: the school production of «Annie».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Annie	Annie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put on** | present · passive |  | a play and show or film |  |  |  | for people | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |
| 2 | **produce** |  |  | Annie |  |  |  |  | nom production «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Showing something: «on production of a ticket» means when you show a ticket.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:production:m4:1
# text = Showing something: «on production of a ticket» means when you show a ticket.
1	Showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
2	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ticket	ticket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	ticket	ticket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Showing |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **show** | present | you | a ticket |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ticket=Recipient |
| 4 | **produce** *in a quote* |  |  | a ticket |  |  |  |  | nom production «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our class is in the school production this year.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:production:x1:1
# text = Our class is in the school production this year.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Our class |  |  | the school production | year |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Milk production on the farm is 500 litres a day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:production:x2:1
# text = Milk production on the farm is 500 litres a day.
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	litres	litre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Milk production on the farm | 500 litres |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Car production stopped for a week.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:production:x3:1
# text = Car production stopped for a week.
1	Car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | Car production |  |  |  | week |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Production rose from 300 to 450 toys — an increase of 150.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:production:x4:1
# text = Production rose from 300 to 450 toys — an increase of 150.
1	Production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	300	300	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	450	450	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	increase	increase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	150	150	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | Production | a increase of 150 |  | 300 toys |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from toy=Initial\_Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Entry is free on production of a library card.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:production:x5:1
# text = Entry is free on production of a library card.
1	Entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Entry |  |  | production of a library card |  | free *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **produce** |  |  | a library card |  |  |  |  | nom production «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Plants use sunlight for the production of food.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:production:x6:1
# text = Plants use sunlight for the production of food.
1	Plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Plants | sunlight |  |  |  | for the production of food | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent sunlight=Theme for production=Eventuality |
| 2 | **produce** |  |  | food |  |  |  |  | nom production «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The film is still in production.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:production:x7:1
# text = The film is still in production.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the film |  |  | production | still |  | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mass production makes things cheaper.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:production:x8:1
# text = Mass production makes things cheaper.
1	Mass	mass	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Mass production | things |  |  |  | cheap *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product |

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