--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 52 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/52/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 52 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A group of people chosen to make decisions or plan something for a bigger group.[↗](../../committee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She was chosen for the school eco committee.[↗](../../committee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The committee met to plan the summer fair.[↗](../../committee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The church committee raised money for the roof.[↗](../../committee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Parliament has many committees.[↗](../../committee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class has a party committee.[↗](../../committee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The committee voted on the new rules.[↗](../../committee/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When the subscription was finished there was a thousand pounds, and a committee was formed to settle what should be done with it.[↗](../../committee/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **committeth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «committeth» means «commits», a form of «commit»: To commit a crime or a wrong act is to do it: «commit a crime», «commit a sin».[↗](../../committeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.[↗](../../committeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.20.10, JPS 1917) **commodity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (money) A product or raw material that is bought and sold, such as wheat, oil, coffee, gold or copper.[↗](../../commodity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something useful or valuable that people want (time is a precious commodity).[↗](../../commodity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Coffee is one of the most traded commodities in the world.[↗](../../commodity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Oil is an important commodity.[↗](../../commodity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · When commodity prices rise, food can cost more.[↗](../../commodity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Water is a precious commodity in the desert.[↗](../../commodity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Gold and silver are traded as commodities.[↗](../../commodity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the busy morning, time is a rare commodity.[↗](../../commodity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **common** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Common means happening often or found in many places: a common cold, a common bird.[↗](../../common/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Common means shared by two or more: a common factor, common interests.[↗](../../common/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Common means ordinary, not special: the common people.[↗](../../common/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A common is an open grassy area in a town that everyone can use.[↗](../../common/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Find a common factor of 12 and 18.[↗](../../common/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · What is the most common number of pets?[↗](../../common/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 4 is a common multiple of 2 and 4.[↗](../../common/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They have 5 friends in common.[↗](../../common/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sparrows are common birds in towns.[↗](../../common/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The common cold makes you sneeze and cough.[↗](../../common/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Use your common sense and wear a coat.[↗](../../common/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The two fractions need a common denominator.[↗](../../common/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We flew kites on the village common.[↗](../../common/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And that ye may put difference between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; (Torah LEV.10.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../common/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And if a priest's daughter be married unto a common man, she shall not eat of that which is set apart from the holy things.[↗](../../common/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.22.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../common/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · There shall no common man eat of the holy thing; a tenant of a priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.[↗](../../common/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.22.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../common/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than in a house in common with a contentious woman.[↗](../../common/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.21.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../common/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto me: 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth; (Prophets ISA.8.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../common/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.[↗](../../common/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.44.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../common/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **commonly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Commonly means usually or often, by many people or in many places.[↗](../../commonly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "this mistake is commonly made".[↗](../../commonly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Commonly known as means usually called by this name.[↗](../../commonly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Tyrannosaurus rex, commonly known as T. rex".[↗](../../commonly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Commonly can also mean unusually, to a greater degree than most people.[↗](../../commonly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Robins are commonly seen in gardens.[↗](../../commonly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This word is commonly misspelt.[↗](../../commonly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Blue was the most commonly chosen colour in our survey.[↗](../../commonly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Aspirin is commonly used for pain.[↗](../../commonly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The plant is commonly known as a sunflower.[↗](../../commonly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Colds are most commonly caught in winter.[↗](../../commonly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then, recollecting themselves, they scrambled to their feet, and looked more than commonly foolish.[↗](../../commonly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The words are ADUN IChID AL, or " Adonai (as commonly written) the only EL" (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../commonly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · SPRIM, the plural mascuUne of SPR, commonly translated book or letter : the meaning here is plainly "forms of expression."[↗](../../commonly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../commonly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Adun or Adon, or Adonai, ADNI, are commonly translated L(?yi; Eliun, OLIUN, is the more usual form of " the most high one."[↗](../../commonly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../commonly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **commonplace** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Ordinary and happening often, not surprising.[↗](../../commonplace/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) Something ordinary and common.[↗](../../commonplace/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A remark said so often that it is no longer interesting.[↗](../../commonplace/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mobile phones are now commonplace.[↗](../../commonplace/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Snow is commonplace in Canada in winter.[↗](../../commonplace/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeing kangaroos is commonplace in parts of Australia.[↗](../../commonplace/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Electric cars are becoming commonplace.[↗](../../commonplace/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old days, walking miles to school was commonplace.[↗](../../commonplace/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain is a commonplace in Ireland.[↗](../../commonplace/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is commonplace for pupils to have a school email.[↗](../../commonplace/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **commonwealth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) The Commonwealth (Commonwealth of Nations) is a group of more than fifty countries, most of which were once part of the British Empire, such as the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and many African and Caribbean countries; they work together on trade, education and sport.[↗](../../commonwealth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) A commonwealth is a name for some countries or states: the Commonwealth of Australia, and some US states like Massachusetts and Virginia.[↗](../../commonwealth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A commonwealth is a group of people or a nation working together for the good of all.[↗](../../commonwealth/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In English history, the Commonwealth was the time after King Charles I was executed, when England had no king and Oliver Cromwell ruled.[↗](../../commonwealth/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Canada and Australia are members of the Commonwealth.[↗](../../commonwealth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Commonwealth Games are held every four years.[↗](../../commonwealth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school flew flags on Commonwealth Day.[↗](../../commonwealth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Australia's full name is the Commonwealth of Australia.[↗](../../commonwealth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Most Commonwealth countries were once ruled by Britain.[↗](../../commonwealth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Massachusetts is called a commonwealth, not a state.[↗](../../commonwealth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · During the Commonwealth, England had no king.[↗](../../commonwealth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Athletes from Kenya and Jamaica won medals at the Commonwealth Games.[↗](../../commonwealth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **commotion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A commotion is a lot of sudden noise, confusion and excitement.[↗](../../commotion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a commotion in the corridor.[↗](../../commotion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · What is all this commotion about?[↗](../../commotion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox caused a commotion in the henhouse.[↗](../../commotion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A commotion broke out when the dog ran on the pitch.[↗](../../commotion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad's motor car made a commotion in the village.[↗](../../commotion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard a commotion outside.[↗](../../commotion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The absence of the Princess caused a great commotion.[↗](../../commotion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hark! a report, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, a dwelling-place of jackals.[↗](../../commotion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.10.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../commotion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a commotion, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.[↗](../../commotion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.37.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../commotion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **communal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Shared by all the people in a group or building (a communal kitchen, communal garden).[↗](../../communal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Done by or involving a group of people together (communal singing, a communal meal).[↗](../../communal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To do with different communities, sometimes groups who disagree (communal violence).[↗](../../communal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our block of flats has a communal garden.[↗](../../communal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · At camp we ate in a communal dining hall.[↗](../../communal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The communal fridge at work is always full.[↗](../../communal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The village had a communal well in the past.[↗](../../communal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Communal singing filled the church at Christmas.[↗](../../communal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Please keep the communal areas tidy.[↗](../../communal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **commune** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) To commune is to talk quietly, or think deeply, with oneself, a friend or nature.[↗](../../commune/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A commune is a group of people who live together and share their work and things.[↗](../../commune/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He communed with himself on the deck at night.[↗](../../commune/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She communed with the trees in the quiet wood.[↗](../../commune/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The villagers formed a commune and shared their food.[↗](../../commune/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The commune rewarded the man for his help.[↗](../../commune/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tremble, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.[↗](../../commune/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.4.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../commune/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the night I will call to remembrance my song; I will commune with mine own heart; and my spirit maketh diligent search: (Writings PSA.77.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../commune/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **communicate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To communicate means to share ideas, feelings or information with others by talking, writing, signs or gestures.[↗](../../communicate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To communicate can mean to understand each other well: «They communicate well.».[↗](../../communicate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of rooms) Communicating rooms are joined by a door.[↗](../../communicate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dolphins communicate with clicks and whistles.[↗](../../communicate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We communicate with Gran by video call.[↗](../../communicate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Deaf people may communicate using sign language.[↗](../../communicate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Explain your answer to communicate your thinking.[↗](../../communicate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The team must communicate to win.[↗](../../communicate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees communicate by dancing.[↗](../../communicate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I should be obliged if the sender would communicate with me.[↗](../../communicate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **communication** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Communication is sharing information, ideas or feelings by talking, writing, signs or other ways.[↗](../../communication/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A communication is a message or letter (formal).[↗](../../communication/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Communications are systems for sending information, such as phones, radio and the internet.[↗](../../communication/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Good communication helps a team win.[↗](../../communication/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees use dances for communication.[↗](../../communication/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm cut off all communication with the island.[↗](../../communication/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sign language is a form of communication.[↗](../../communication/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We received a communication from the school.[↗](../../communication/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Satellites help communication around the world.[↗](../../communication/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But what compensation did he get for having been imprisoned a whole year, and shut out from all communication with his fellow creatures?[↗](../../communication/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying: 'In times past ye sought for David to be king over you; (Prophets 2SA.3.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../communication/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **communicative** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Willing and happy to talk and share information with others.[↗](../../communicative/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To do with communication (communicative skills, a communicative approach to learning a language).[↗](../../communicative/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He's very communicative and always tells us about his day.[↗](../../communicative/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My teenage brother isn't very communicative in the mornings.[↗](../../communicative/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our French lessons use a communicative approach with lots of talking.[↗](../../communicative/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Good leaders are communicative and clear.[↗](../../communicative/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dolphins are highly communicative animals.[↗](../../communicative/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies become more communicative as they learn to babble.[↗](../../communicative/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **communion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) Holy Communion is a Christian service in which people share bread and wine (or juice) to remember Jesus' Last Supper and his death; it is also called the Eucharist, the Mass or the Lord's Supper.[↗](../../communion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* First Communion is the special day when a Catholic child first receives communion.[↗](../../communion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Communion is a close sharing of thoughts or feelings, as in "in communion with nature".[↗](../../communion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* On Sunday the vicar gave communion to the people.[↗](../../communion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Aoife wore a white dress for her First Communion.[↗](../../communion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · At communion we remember the Last Supper.[↗](../../communion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some churches use grape juice for communion instead of wine.[↗](../../communion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The family went for lunch after the First Communion.[↗](../../communion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Walking in the woods, she felt in communion with nature.[↗](../../communion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After the sermon followed Holy Communion.[↗](../../communion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **communist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A communist is a person who believes in communism: the idea that land, factories and wealth should be owned by everyone together, not by private people, so that people are more equal.[↗](../../communist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Communist describes a country, party or government that follows these ideas, usually run by one party, like the old Soviet Union or China today.[↗](../../communist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (often written with a capital) A Communist is a member of a Communist Party.[↗](../../communist/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Karl Marx wrote about communist ideas in the 1800s.[↗](../../communist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Soviet Union was a communist country.[↗](../../communist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · China is ruled by the Communist Party.[↗](../../communist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandad grew up in Ukraine when it was under communist rule.[↗](../../communist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · During the Cold War, communist and capitalist countries were rivals.[↗](../../communist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In a communist system, the state owns the factories.[↗](../../communist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people called him a communist as an insult.[↗](../../communist/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **community** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A community is all the people who live in one place, such as a town or neighbourhood.[↗](../../community/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A community is a group of people who share something, like a religion, a hobby or a language.[↗](../../community/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In science a community is all the living things that live together in one habitat.[↗](../../community/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our school is part of the local community.[↗](../../community/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The community centre has a library.[↗](../../community/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We helped the community by picking up litter.[↗](../../community/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a big Irish community in Boston.[↗](../../community/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone in the community came to the fair.[↗](../../community/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Police officers help keep the community safe.[↗](../../community/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A pond is home to a community of living things.[↗](../../community/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Soldier received the thanks of the whole community.[↗](../../community/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Source: https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer%20Yetzirah?version=english%7CSefaria+Community+Translation Sefaria versionTitle: Sefaria Community Translation[↗](../../community/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · license: CC0[↗](../../community/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · versionSource: https://www.sefaria.org (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../community/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Instead, the SY may be intimating a twofold pronunciation of Resh known among certain mediveal Jewish communities in Babylonia and elsewhere, which does indeed preserve a distinguish between ‘single’ Resh and ‘double’ Resh.[↗](../../community/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../community/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **commuting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Commuting is travelling the same way regularly between home and work or school.[↗](../../commuting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (law) Commuting a punishment is making it less severe.[↗](../../commuting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) Operations that commute give the same answer in either order.[↗](../../commuting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum spends an hour commuting each day.[↗](../../commuting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Commuting by bike keeps Dad fit.[↗](../../commuting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The trains are full of people commuting to the city.[↗](../../commuting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Commuting is tiring when the roads are busy.[↗](../../commuting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Addition and multiplication are commuting operations.[↗](../../commuting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He is commuting from the country to London.[↗](../../commuting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **comp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Australia, informal) Short for «competition», especially one to win a prize (enter a comp).[↗](../../comp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, informal) Short for «comprehensive school», a state secondary school for all abilities.[↗](../../comp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Short for «complimentary»: free tickets or items (comps).[↗](../../comp/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) Short for «composition» (in music or in art and writing), or «compilation».[↗](../../comp/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (US, informal) Short for «compensation»: money paid to make up for a loss, like «workers' comp».[↗](../../comp/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I entered a drawing comp and won a book voucher.[↗](../../comp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She's running in the swimming comp on Saturday.[↗](../../comp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Australia)[↗](../../comp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum went to the local comp in Leeds.[↗](../../comp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We got two comps for the show because Dad works there.[↗](../../comp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The band's new comp album has all their hits.[↗](../../comp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His dad got workers' comp after the accident.[↗](../../comp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (US)[↗](../../comp/#x6 "tree and 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