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title: quarterly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «quarterly» in the school dictionary: Quarterly means happening every three months, four times a year. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# quarterly

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**Who acts:** Quarterly, club, We, Cambrian Quarterly, quarterly payment · **What happens:** mean, happen, be, publish, meet, pay · **To what, where:** magazine, bill, 20 pounds, 5 pounds · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«quarterly» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: [quarterly in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/quarterly.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Quarterly means happening every three months, four times a year.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:quarterly:m1:1
# text = Quarterly means happening every three months, four times a year.
1	Quarterly	quarterly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	happening	happen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Quarterly |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **happen** | gerund |  |  |  |  | month; time |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Quarterly is a magazine published four times a year.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:quarterly:m2:1
# text = Quarterly is a magazine published four times a year.
1	Quarterly	quarterly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	magazine	magazine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	published	publish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Quarterly | a magazine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **publish** | participle |  | a magazine *not said here* |  |  | time |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The club meets quarterly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:quarterly:x1:1
# text = The club meets quarterly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	quarterly	quarterly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | present | the club |  |  |  |  | quarterly *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We pay the bill quarterly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:quarterly:x2:1
# text = We pay the bill quarterly.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	quarterly	quarterly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | We | the bill |  |  |  | quarterly *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The Cambrian Quarterly was a magazine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:quarterly:x3:1
# text = The Cambrian Quarterly was a magazine.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Cambrian	Cambrian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Quarterly	Quarterly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	magazine	magazine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Cambrian Quarterly | a magazine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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A quarterly payment of 5 pounds makes 20 pounds in a year.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:quarterly:x4:1
# text = A quarterly payment of 5 pounds makes 20 pounds in a year.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	quarterly	quarterly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a quarterly payment of 5 pounds | 20 pounds |  |  | year |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pound=Product |
| 2 | **pay** |  |  | 5 pounds |  |  |  |  | nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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