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title: signboard — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «signboard» in the school dictionary: A signboard is a flat board with words or a picture on it, put up outside a shop or inn to show what is sold or where it is. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# signboard

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**Who acts:** signboard, pigeon, She, inn · **What happens:** be, put up, show, sell, see, paint · **To what, where:** flat board, shop, goblet, signboard, bear · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A signboard is a flat board with words or a picture on it, put up outside a shop or inn to show what is sold or where it is.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:signboard:m1:1
# text = A signboard is a flat board with words or a picture on it, put up outside a shop or inn to show what is sold or where it is.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	signboard	signboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
24	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	nsubj:pass	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	ccomp	_	_
27	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
28	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	30	advmod	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a signboard | a flat board |  |  |  | with words or a picture on picture | tree rules |
| 2 | **put up** | infinitive |  |  |  | a shop or inn |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent outside shop=Destination |
| 3 | **show** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **sell** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 5 | **be** | present | signboard |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A pigeon saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:signboard:x1:1
# text = A pigeon saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	goblet	goblet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	signboard	signboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | a pigeon | a goblet of water |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer goblet=Stimulus |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  | a goblet of water *not said here* |  | a signboard |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on signboard=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She flew at the signboard and bumped into it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:signboard:x2:1
# text = She flew at the signboard and bumped into it.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	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	signboard	signboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	bumped	bump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | She |  |  | the signboard |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent at signboard=Location |
| 2 | **bump** | past | She *not said here* |  |  | signboard |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into it=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The inn had a signboard showing a bear.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:signboard:x3:1
# text = The inn had a signboard showing a bear.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	signboard	signboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the inn | a signboard |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signboard=Patient |
| 2 | **show** | gerund | a signboard *not said here* | a bear |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bear=Recipient |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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