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title: yellow — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «yellow» in the school dictionary: Yellow is the colour of the sun, bananas, lemons and egg yolks. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# yellow

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**Who acts:** Yellow, Leaves, face, they, She, many · **What happens:** be, turn, mean, say, look, have · **To what, where:** colour, 6 yellow balloons, 10 cents, yellow, yellow card, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yellow is the colour of the sun, bananas, lemons and egg yolks.

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yellow:m1:1
# text = Yellow is the colour of the sun, bananas, lemons and egg yolks.
1	Yellow	yellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	lemons	lemon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	yolks	yolk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Yellow | the colour and bananas and lemons and egg yolks |  |  |  | of the sun | tree rules |

<!-- .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 -->
Leaves or paper yellow when they turn yellow with age.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yellow:m2:1
# text = Leaves or paper yellow when they turn yellow with age.
1	Leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Leaves *= leaf* |  |  |  |  | yellow *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In old slang, yellow means scared (not kind to say).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yellow:m3:1
# text = In old slang, yellow means scared (not kind to say).
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | yellow |  |  |  |  | in old slang; scared *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in slang=Attribute |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | yellow *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person's face can look yellow, or pale, when they are ill or jealous.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yellow:m4:1
# text = A person's face can look yellow, or pale, when they are ill or jealous.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | can | a person's face |  |  |  |  | yellow *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She has 6 yellow balloons and 4 red ones.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yellow:x1:1
# text = She has 6 yellow balloons and 4 red ones.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	balloons	balloon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | She | 6 yellow balloons and 4 red ones |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balloon=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
12 of the 20 flowers are yellow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yellow:x2:1
# text = 12 of the 20 flowers are yellow.
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the 20 flowers; yellow *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
How many are not yellow?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yellow:x3:1
# text = How many are not yellow?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | many |  |  |  |  | yellow *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yellow pencils cost 10 cents each.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yellow:x4:1
# text = Yellow pencils cost 10 cents each.
1	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pencils	pencil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	cents	cent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | Yellow pencils | 10 cents  each |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme cent=Value |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mix yellow and blue to make green.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yellow:x5:1
# text = Mix yellow and blue to make green.
1	Mix	mix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | imperative | you *not said here* | yellow |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yellow=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | green *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The referee showed him a yellow card.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yellow:x6:1
# text = The referee showed him a yellow card.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the referee | a yellow card | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient card=Topic |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the USA, school buses are yellow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yellow:x7:1
# text = In the USA, school buses are yellow.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | school buses |  |  | the USA |  | yellow *property* | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old book's pages had turned yellow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yellow:x8:1
# text = The old book's pages had turned yellow.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · perfect | the old book's pages |  |  |  |  | yellow *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **page** |  | the old book |  |  |  |  |  | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"I know why thou art so yellow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yellow:x9:1
# text = "I know why thou art so yellow.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	6	nsubj	_	_
6	art	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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