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title: spectacle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «spectacle» in the school dictionary: A spectacle is a striking or strange sight that people stare at. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# spectacle

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**Who acts:** spectacle, people, Spectacles, eyes, He, crowd · **What happens:** be, stare, wear, help, see, gather · **To what, where:** striking, strange sight, glasses, face, frightful spectacle, spectacle

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A spectacle is a striking or strange sight that people stare at.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spectacle:m1:1
# text = A spectacle is a striking or strange sight that people stare at.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spectacle	spectacle	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	striking	striking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	stare	stare	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 spectacle | a striking or strange sight |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stare** | present | people | strange sight |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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Usage: plural — kept apart, not parsed.

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Spectacles are glasses worn on the face to help the eyes see.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spectacle:m2:1
# text = Spectacles are glasses worn on the face to help the eyes see.
1	Spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Spectacles | glasses |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | glasses *not said here* |  | the face |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **help** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **see** | present | the eyes |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He was amazed at this frightful spectacle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spectacle:x1:1
# text = He was amazed at this frightful spectacle.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	amazed	amazed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	frightful	frightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	spectacle	spectacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  | this frightful spectacle |  | amazed *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The crowd gathered to watch the spectacle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spectacle:x2:1
# text = The crowd gathered to watch the spectacle.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spectacle	spectacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | the crowd |  |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | the crowd *not said here* | the spectacle |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spectacle=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Grandad put on his spectacles to read.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spectacle:x3:1
# text = Grandad put on his spectacles to read.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | Grandad |  |  | Grandad's spectacles |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on spectacle=Destination |
| 2 | **read** | to-infinitive | Grandad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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