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title: recital — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «recital» in the school dictionary: A performance of music, dance or poetry, often by one person or by pupils, for an audience. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# recital

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**Who acts:** act, piano recital, My, Everyone, She, class · **What happens:** perform, speak, account, recite, say, be · **To what, where:** music, many things, complaints, poem, memory, end · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«recital» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [recital in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/recital.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A performance of music, dance or poetry, often by one person or by pupils, for an audience.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recital:m1:1
# text = A performance of music, dance or poetry, often by one person or by pupils, for an audience.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** |  |  | music |  |  |  |  | nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .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 -->
A spoken list or account of many things, one after another: a recital of complaints.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recital:m2:1
# text = A spoken list or account of many things, one after another: a recital of complaints.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	appos	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	recital	recital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	complaints	complaint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **account** |  |  | many things |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **recite** |  |  | complaints |  |  |  |  | nom recital «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The act of saying a poem or text aloud from memory (recitation).

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recital:m3:1
# text = The act of saying a poem or text aloud from memory (recitation).
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	recitation	recitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the act *not said here* | a poem or text |  | memory |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent poem=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My piano recital is on Saturday.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recital:x1:1
# text = My piano recital is on Saturday.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	recital	recital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	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 | My piano recital |  |  |  |  | on Saturday | tree rules |
| 2 | **recite** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom recital «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everyone clapped at the end of the dance recital.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recital:x2:1
# text = Everyone clapped at the end of the dance recital.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	clapped	clap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	recital	recital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clap** | past | Everyone |  |  |  | at the end of the dance recital |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She practised her violin every day before the recital.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recital:x3:1
# text = She practised her violin every day before the recital.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	practised	practise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	violin	violin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	recital	recital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **practise** | past | She | her violin |  |  | before the recital; day |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our class gave a poetry recital in assembly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recital:x4:1
# text = Our class gave a poetry recital in assembly.
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	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	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	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	recital	recital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	assembly	assembly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Our class | a poetry recital |  | assembly |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recital=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma listened to my long recital of everything that went wrong at school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recital:x5:1
# text = Grandma listened to my long recital of everything that went wrong at school.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	recital	recital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | past | Grandma |  |  |  |  | to my long recital of everything | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to recital=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past |  |  |  | school |  | wrong *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at school=Location |
| 3 | **recite** |  | my | everything |  |  |  |  | nom recital «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I was nervous before the recital, but I played well.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recital:x6:1
# text = I was nervous before the recital, but I played well.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	nervous	nervous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	recital	recital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | I |  |  |  | before the recital | nervous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | past | I |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"How very confusing!" said the jackal, when the recital was ended; "would you mind telling me over again, for everything has got so mixed up?"

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recital:x7:1
# text = "How very confusing!" said the jackal, when the recital was ended; "would you mind telling me over again, for everything has got so mixed up?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	confusing	confusing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	jackal	jackal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	recital	recital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	ended	ended	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	mind	mind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
21	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	xcomp	_	_
22	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	iobj	_	_
23	over	over	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
24	again	again	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
27	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	29	nsubj	_	_
28	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	parataxis	_	_
30	so	so	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	xcomp	_	_
32	up	up	ADP	RP	_	31	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the jackal |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | the recital |  |  |  |  | ended *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mind** *in a quote* | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **tell over** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* |  | the jackal *= jackal* |  | again |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |
| 5 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | everything |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 6 | **mix up** *in a quote* | participle | everything *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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