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title: wane — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wane» in the school dictionary: Of the Moon: to look smaller each night after the full moon, as less of its lit side faces the Earth. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# wane

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**Who acts:** interest, Moon, We, light, My, storm · **What happens:** look, face, become, wane, begin, draw · **To what, where:** Earth, waning moon, science diary, film, wane, her

<!-- .vabout -->
«wane» 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: [wane in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wane.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Of the Moon: to look smaller each night after the full moon, as less of its lit side faces the Earth.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wane:m1:1
# text = Of the Moon: to look smaller each night after the full moon, as less of its lit side faces the Earth.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	lit	lit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
21	faces	face	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	obl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | after the full moon; night | of the Moon; as less; small *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent of moon=Theme |
| 2 | **face** | present |  |  | the Earth |  |  | of Moon's lit side | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Destination |

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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 become weaker, smaller or less important little by little: interest, light or strength can wane.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wane:m2:1
# text = To become weaker, smaller or less important little by little: interest, light or strength can wane.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
3	weaker	weak	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
13	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
18	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	wane	wane	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | to-infinitive | interest and light or strength *not said here* |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **wane** | can | interest and light or strength |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After the full moon, the Moon begins to wane.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wane:x1:1
# text = After the full moon, the Moon begins to wane.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	begins	begin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	wane	wane	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | present | the Moon |  |  |  | after the full moon |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **wane** | to-infinitive | the Moon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We drew the waning moon in our science diary.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wane:x2:1
# text = We drew the waning moon in our science diary.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	waning	wane	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	diary	diary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | We | the waning moon |  | our science diary |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent moon=Theme in diary=Destination |
| 2 | **wane** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
As the evening went on, the light began to wane.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wane:x3:1
# text = As the evening went on, the light began to wane.
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	wane	wane	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past |  |  |  |  | evening |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **begin** | past | the light |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **wane** | to-infinitive | the light *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My interest in the film waned after half an hour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wane:x4:1
# text = My interest in the film waned after half an hour.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	waned	wane	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	10	det:predet	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wane** | past | My interest in the film |  |  |  | hour |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **interest** |  | My |  |  | the film |  |  | nom interest «cognition transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The storm waned during the night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wane:x5:1
# text = The storm waned during the night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waned	wane	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wane** | past | the storm |  |  |  | night |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fashion for that toy is on the wane.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wane:x6:1
# text = The fashion for that toy is on the wane.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fashion	fashion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wane	wane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the fashion for that toy |  |  | the wane |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Moon waxes and wanes about once a month.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wane:x7:1
# text = The Moon waxes and wanes about once a month.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waxes	wax	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wanes	wane	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wax** | present | the Moon |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wane** | present | the Moon *not said here* |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When he finds her, she is living at ease in a large house, but day by day her riches wane and her house contracts.

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wane:x8:1
# text = When he finds her, she is living at ease in a large house, but day by day her riches wane and her house contracts.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ease	ease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	compound	_	_
22	wane	wane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
25	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	contracts	contract	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | he | her *= she* |  |  |  | day riches wane and her house contracts *obl* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic |
| 2 | **live** | present · progressive | she |  |  | ease |  | in a large house | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ease=Location |
| 3 | **contract** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom contract «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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