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title: screenshot — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «screenshot» in the school dictionary: A screenshot is a picture of what is showing on a computer, tablet or phone screen at that moment. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# screenshot

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**Who acts:** screenshot, I, my, you, your, Anyone · **What happens:** be, show, take, score, put, graph · **To what, where:** picture, computer, screenshot, project, message, teacher

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«screenshot» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [screenshot in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/screenshot.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A screenshot is a picture of what is showing on a computer, tablet or phone screen at that moment.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:screenshot:m1:1
# text = A screenshot is a picture of what is showing on a computer, tablet or phone screen at that moment.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
20	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a screenshot | a picture |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | present · progressive |  |  |  | a computer | moment | of a picture | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To screenshot is to take that picture.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:screenshot:m2:1
# text = To screenshot is to take that picture.
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to screenshot; take *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I took a screenshot of my high score.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:screenshot:x1:1
# text = I took a screenshot of my high score.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | I | a screenshot of my high score |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screenshot=Theme |
| 2 | **score** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom score «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Press these two buttons to take a screenshot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:screenshot:x2:1
# text = Press these two buttons to take a screenshot.
1	Press	press	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	buttons	button	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | a screenshot |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screenshot=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Put a screenshot of your graph in your project.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:screenshot:x3:1
# text = Put a screenshot of your graph in your project.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	graph	graph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | a screenshot of your graph |  | your project |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent screenshot=Theme in project=Destination |
| 2 | **graph** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom graph «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **project** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Anyone can screenshot a message you send.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:screenshot:x4:1
# text = Anyone can screenshot a message you send.
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	screenshot	screenshot	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	send	send	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **screenshot** | can | Anyone | a message |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | present | you | a message *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Screenshot the mean message and show a teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:screenshot:x5:1
# text = Screenshot the mean message and show a teacher.
1	Screenshot	Screenshot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | infinitive |  |  | a teacher |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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He sent me a screenshot of the map.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:screenshot:x6:1
# text = He sent me a screenshot of the map.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | He | a screenshot of the map | me |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination screenshot=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The screenshot shows the error on the screen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:screenshot:x7:1
# text = The screenshot shows the error on the screen.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the screenshot | the error |  | the screen |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent error=Recipient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Think before you post, because people can take screenshots.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:screenshot:x8:1
# text = Think before you post, because people can take screenshots.
1	Think	think	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	post	post	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
10	screenshots	screenshot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **post** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **take** | can | people | screenshots |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screenshot=Theme |

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