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title: reminiscence — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «reminiscence» in the school dictionary: A memory of something from the past, or a story told about past times. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# reminiscence

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**Who acts:** Grandad, childhood, old song, smell, bread, home · **What happens:** tell, reminisce, be, bring back, smell · **To what, where:** story, reminiscences, reminiscence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A memory of something from the past, or a story told about past times.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reminiscence:m1:1
# text = A memory of something from the past, or a story told about past times.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle |  | a story *not said here* |  |  | time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Grandad told us reminiscences of his childhood on the farm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reminiscence:x1:1
# text = Grandad told us reminiscences of his childhood on the farm.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	reminiscences	reminiscence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	iobj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	childhood	childhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Grandad |  | reminiscences of Grandad's childhood on the farm |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient reminiscence=Topic |
| 2 | **reminisce** |  | Grandad's childhood on the farm |  |  |  |  |  | nom reminiscence «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The old song is a reminiscence of an earlier time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reminiscence:x2:1
# text = The old song is a reminiscence of an earlier time.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	reminiscence	reminiscence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the old song | a reminiscence |  |  | time |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The smell of bread brought back a reminiscence of home.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reminiscence:x3:1
# text = The smell of bread brought back a reminiscence of home.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reminiscence	reminiscence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | past | the smell of bread | a reminiscence of home |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent reminiscence=Theme |
| 2 | **smell** |  | bread |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **reminisce** |  | home |  |  |  |  |  | nom reminiscence «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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