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title: zoom — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «zoom» in the school dictionary: To zoom is to move very fast, often with a buzzing or roaring sound. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# zoom

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**Who acts:** Zoom, you, we, kids, photographer · **What happens:** zoom, be, roar, zoom in, look, zoom out · **To what, where:** sound, name, sports car, house, street, whole country

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«zoom» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [zoom in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/zoom.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To zoom is to move very fast, often with a buzzing or roaring sound.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zoom:m1:1
# text = To zoom is to move very fast, often with a buzzing or roaring sound.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	zoom	zoom	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	buzzing	buzzing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
15	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **zoom** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with a buzzing; fast, move *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **roar** | gerund |  | sound |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sound=Theme |

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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 zoom in is to make a picture look bigger and closer, on a camera, phone or screen; to zoom out is to make it look smaller and farther away.

<!-- fold The tree, 30 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zoom:m2:1
# text = To zoom in is to make a picture look bigger and closer, on a camera, phone or screen; to zoom out is to make it look smaller and farther away.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	zoom	zoom	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	2	obl	_	_
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	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
10	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	zoom	zoom	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
24	out	out	ADP	RP	_	23	compound:prt	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	_
29	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	xcomp	_	_
30	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	29	xcomp	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	farther	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	33	advmod	_	_
33	away	away	ADV	RB	_	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **zoom in** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | make *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | on a camera and phone or screen; big *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on camera=Theme |
| 4 | **zoom out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | make *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **look** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | small *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To zoom (up) is to rise very quickly, like prices or numbers.

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zoom:m3:1
# text = To zoom (up) is to rise very quickly, like prices or numbers.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	zoom	zoom	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	rise	rise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **zoom up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | like prices or numbers; quickly, rise *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Zoom is also the name of a video-call app.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zoom:m4:1
# text = Zoom is also the name of a video-call app.
1	Zoom	zoom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Zoom | the name |  |  |  | of a call app | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sports car zoomed past our house.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zoom:x1:1
# text = A sports car zoomed past our house.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sports	sport	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	compound	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	zoomed	zoom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	past	past	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **zoom** | participle |  | a sports car *not said here* |  | our house |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past house=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Zoom in on the map to see our street.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zoom:x2:1
# text = Zoom in on the map to see our street.
1	Zoom	zoom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | our street |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer street=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Zoom out so we can see the whole country.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zoom:x3:1
# text = Zoom out so we can see the whole country.
1	Zoom	zoom	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **zoom out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | can | we | the whole country |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer country=Stimulus |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The kids zoomed around the playground on their scooters.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zoom:x4:1
# text = The kids zoomed around the playground on their scooters.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	zoomed	zoom	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	scooters	scooter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **zoom** | past | the kids |  |  | the playground |  | on kids's scooters | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around playground=Trajectory |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rocket zoomed up into the sky.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zoom:x5:1
# text = The rocket zoomed up into the sky.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rocket	rocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	zoomed	zoom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **zoom up** | participle |  | the rocket *not said here* |  | the sky |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sky=Destination |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The photographer used a zoom lens to snap the bird.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zoom:x6:1
# text = The photographer used a zoom lens to snap the bird.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	photographer	photographer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	used	use	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	zoom	zoom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	lens	lens	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	snap	snap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the photographer | a zoom lens |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lens=Patient |
| 2 | **snap** | to-infinitive | the photographer *not said here* | the bird |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bird=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We had a class call on Zoom when school was closed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zoom:x7:1
# text = We had a class call on Zoom when school was closed.
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	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Zoom	Zoom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | We | a class call |  | Zoom |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **close** | past · passive |  | school |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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