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title: shopping — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «shopping» in the school dictionary: Shopping means going to shops to buy things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# shopping

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**Who acts:** Shopping, We, you, me, Mum, She · **What happens:** mean, go, buy, be, shop, help · **To what, where:** things, British English, me, shopping, milk, shopping list · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«shopping» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [shopping in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shopping.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shopping means going to shops to buy things.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shopping:m1:1
# text = Shopping means going to shops to buy things.
1	Shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Shopping |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | gerund | Shopping *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to shops | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **buy** | to-infinitive | Shopping *not said here* | things |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In British English, the shopping is the things you have bought, especially food.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shopping:m2:1
# text = In British English, the shopping is the things you have bought, especially food.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the shopping | the things |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** | present · perfect · passive |  | the things |  | British English |  | food *obl* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shopping also means buying online.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shopping:m3:1
# text = Shopping also means buying online.
1	Shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	online	online	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Shopping |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **buy** *not said to happen* | gerund | Shopping *not said here* |  |  |  |  | online *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We go shopping on Saturday mornings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shopping:x1:1
# text = We go shopping on Saturday mornings.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	shopping	shop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mornings	morning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **shop** | gerund | We *not said here* |  |  |  | morning |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Can you help me carry the shopping?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shopping:x2:1
# text = Can you help me carry the shopping?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | can | you | me |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | infinitive | me *not said here* | the shopping |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shopping=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Write milk on the shopping list.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shopping:x3:1
# text = Write milk on the shopping list.
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | milk |  | the shopping list |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent milk=Theme on list=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shopping came to £24.60.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shopping:x4:1
# text = The shopping came to £24.60.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	£	£	SYM	$	_	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	24.60	24.60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the shopping |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to £=Initial\_Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum does the shopping online.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shopping:x5:1
# text = Mum does the shopping online.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	online	online	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Mum | the shopping |  |  |  | online *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shopping=Eventuality |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Push the shopping trolley carefully.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shopping:x6:1
# text = Push the shopping trolley carefully.
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	trolley	trolley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | the shopping trolley |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trolley=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We went window shopping at the mall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shopping:x7:1
# text = We went window shopping at the mall.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mall	mall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | We | window shopping |  | the mall |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shopping=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't buy anything online without asking a parent.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shopping:x8:1
# text = Don't buy anything online without asking a parent.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	online	online	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **buy** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | anything |  |  |  | online *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | you *not said here* |  | a parent |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had never been there before, and when she had finished her shopping, she thought she would pay a visit to her unknown sister-in-law, and rest for a bit.

<!-- fold The tree, 31 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shopping:x9:1
# text = She had never been there before, and when she had finished her shopping, she thought she would pay a visit to her unknown sister-in-law, and rest for a bit.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
6	before	before	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	ccomp	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
25	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	conj	_	_
34	for	for	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She |  |  |  |  | before *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **finish** | past · perfect | she | her shopping |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector shopping=Eventuality |
| 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 5 | **pay** | would | she | a visit |  |  |  | to her unknown sister in law | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset |
| 6 | **rest** | infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a bit | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **shop** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom shopping «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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