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title: yule — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «yule» in the school dictionary: The old name for the Christmas season, and the festival of Christmas itself; a yule log is a large log burned at Christmas. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# yule

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**Who acts:** yule log, We, family, Yule, old man · **What happens:** be, burn, sing, light, chop · **To what, where:** large log, Christmas, carols, yule, yule log, hearth

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«yule» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [yule in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/yule.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The old name for the Christmas season, and the festival of Christmas itself; a yule log is a large log burned at Christmas.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yule:m1:1
# text = The old name for the Christmas season, and the festival of Christmas itself; a yule log is a large log burned at Christmas.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	yule	yule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
23	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a yule log | a large log |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **burn** | participle |  | a large log *not said here* |  | Christmas |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at christmas=Location |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We sang carols at yule.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yule:x1:1
# text = We sang carols at yule.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	carols	carol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	yule	yule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | We | carols |  | yule |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location carol=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The family lit a yule log in the hearth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yule:x2:1
# text = The family lit a yule log in the hearth.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	yule	yule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | past | the family | a yule log |  | the hearth |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yule was a time of feasts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yule:x3:1
# text = Yule was a time of feasts.
1	Yule	yule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	feasts	feast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Yule | a time |  |  |  | of feasts | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An old man chopped yule logs in the yard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yule:x4:1
# text = An old man chopped yule logs in the yard.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	yule	yule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	logs	log	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | past | a old man | yule logs |  |  |  | in the yard | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent log=Patient in yard=Location |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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