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title: winner — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «winner» in the school dictionary: A person, team or animal that wins a game, race, competition or prize. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# winner

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**Who acts:** animal, recipe, winner, goal, team, She · **What happens:** win, be, get, thank, score, receive · **To what, where:** game, winner, goal, football, match, gold medal · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person, team or animal that wins a game, race, competition or prize.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:winner:m1:1
# text = A person, team or animal that wins a game, race, competition or prize.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	competition	competition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present | animal | a game |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
Something very successful or popular: this recipe is a winner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:winner:m2:1
# text = Something very successful or popular: this recipe is a winner.
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	successful	successful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	recipe	recipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In football (soccer), the winner is the goal that wins the match.

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:winner:m3:1
# text = In football (soccer), the winner is the goal that wins the match.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
3	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	soccer	soccer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the winner | the goal |  | football |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | present | the goal | the match |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The winner of the race gets a gold medal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:winner:x1:1
# text = The winner of the race gets a gold medal.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	medal	medal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the winner of the race | a gold medal |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer medal=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our team was the winner of the quiz.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:winner:x2:1
# text = Our team was the winner of the quiz.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	quiz	quiz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Our team | the winner |  |  |  | of the quiz | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And the winner is... Class 4B!

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* And the winner is...

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:winner:x3:1
# text = And the winner is...
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	...	...	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | the winner |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Class 4B!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:winner:x3:2
# text = Class 4B!
1	Class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	4B	4b	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was a gracious winner and thanked everyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:winner:x4:1
# text = She was a gracious winner and thanked everyone.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	gracious	gracious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	thanked	thank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | She | a gracious winner |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | She *not said here* | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The winner scored 45 points, ten more than second place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:winner:x5:1
# text = The winner scored 45 points, ten more than second place.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	scored	score	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	45	45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **score** | past | the winner | 45 points |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your banana bread is a winner!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:winner:x6:1
# text = Your banana bread is a winner!
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	banana	banana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	winner	winner	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 | Your banana bread | a winner |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He scored the winner in the last minute.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:winner:x7:1
# text = He scored the winner in the last minute.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scored	score	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	minute	minute	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 | **score** | past | He | the winner |  |  | minute |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent winner=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each prize winner received a book token.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:winner:x8:1
# text = Each prize winner received a book token.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	token	token	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past | each prize winner | a book token |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent token=Theme |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Just before the run and leap Iktomi put in: “Let the winner have the deer to eat!”

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:winner:x9:1
# text = Just before the run and leap Iktomi put in: “Let the winner have the deer to eat!”
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	before	before	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	leap	leap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leap** | infinitive | the run |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put in** | past | Iktomi |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the winner | the deer |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Patient |
| 5 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the winner *not said here* | the deer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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