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title: treasure — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «treasure» in the school dictionary: Treasure is a collection of gold, silver, jewels or other valuable things, often hidden. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# treasure

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**Who acts:** Treasure, it, person, pirates, you, We · **What happens:** be, hide, treasure, love, mean, bury · **To what, where:** collection, jewels, anything, you, something, it

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«treasure» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: [treasure in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/treasure.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Treasure is a collection of gold, silver, jewels or other valuable things, often hidden.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:treasure:m1:1
# text = Treasure is a collection of gold, silver, jewels or other valuable things, often hidden.
1	Treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	valuable	valuable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	often	often	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Treasure | a collection and silver and jewels or other valuable things |  |  |  | of gold | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  | jewels or other valuable things *not said here* |  |  |  | often *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «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 -->
A treasure is anything that is very precious to you.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:treasure:m2:1
# text = A treasure is anything that is very precious to you.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a treasure | anything |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  | you |  |  | precious *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To treasure something is to keep it carefully and love it because it means a lot to you.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:treasure:m3:1
# text = To treasure something is to keep it carefully and love it because it means a lot to you.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	treasure	treasure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treasure** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | carefully, keep *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **love** | present |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 4 | **mean** | present | it | a lot | you |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot lot=Theme to you=Attribute |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A treasure (informal) is a person who is very kind or helpful.

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:treasure:m4:1
# text = A treasure (informal) is a person who is very kind or helpful.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	informal	informal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	helpful	helpful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a treasure | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pirates buried their treasure on the island.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:treasure:x1:1
# text = The pirates buried their treasure on the island.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	buried	bury	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	treasure	treasure	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	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | past | the pirates | pirates's treasure |  | the island |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme on island=Destination |
| 2 | **treasure** |  | pirates *= pirate* |  |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Follow the treasure map to the X.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:treasure:x2:1
# text = Follow the treasure map to the X.
1	Follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | imperative | you *not said here* | the treasure map |  | the X |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent map=Theme to x=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We had a treasure hunt in the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:treasure:x3:1
# text = We had a treasure hunt in the garden.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | We | a treasure hunt |  | the garden |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunt=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This photo is my greatest treasure.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:treasure:x4:1
# text = This photo is my greatest treasure.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | this photo | my greatest treasure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I will treasure this present forever.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:treasure:x5:1
# text = I will treasure this present forever.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	treasure	treasure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treasure** | future | I | this present |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer present=Stimulus |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The museum shows treasures from ancient Egypt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:treasure:x6:1
# text = The museum shows treasures from ancient Egypt.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	treasures	treasure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The treasure chest was full of gold coins.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:treasure:x7:1
# text = The treasure chest was full of gold coins.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the treasure chest |  |  |  |  | of gold coins; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Find the treasure at grid reference C4.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:treasure:x8:1
# text = Find the treasure at grid reference C4.
1	Find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	grid	grid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	C4	c4	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | the treasure |  | reference C4 |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme at c4=Asset |

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