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title: accomplish — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «accomplish» in the school dictionary: To accomplish something is to succeed in doing it, especially after hard work. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# accomplish

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**Who acts:** She, goal, We, knight, It, He · **What happens:** accomplish, be, do, mean, swim, quest · **To what, where:** something, it, goal, length, lot, quest

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«accomplish» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [accomplish in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/accomplish.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To accomplish something is to succeed in doing it, especially after hard work.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accomplish:m1:1
# text = To accomplish something is to succeed in doing it, especially after hard work.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	accomplish	accomplish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
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	succeed	succeed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accomplish** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | succeed *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | gerund |  | it |  |  | after hard work |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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}

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Usage: adjective «accomplished» — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Accomplished means very skilled: an accomplished pianist.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accomplish:m2:1
# text = Accomplished means very skilled: an accomplished pianist.
1	Accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	skilled	skilled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	pianist	pianist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accomplish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | skilled *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **accomplish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She accomplished her goal of swimming a length.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accomplish:x1:1
# text = She accomplished her goal of swimming a length.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accomplish** | past | She | her goal |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goal=Eventuality |
| 2 | **swim** | gerund | her goal *not said here* | a length |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme length=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We accomplished a lot in one afternoon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accomplish:x2:1
# text = We accomplished a lot in one afternoon.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accomplish** | past | We | a lot |  |  | afternoon |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The knight accomplished his quest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accomplish:x3:1
# text = The knight accomplished his quest.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	quest	quest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accomplish** | past | the knight | knight's quest |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quest=Eventuality |
| 2 | **quest** |  | knight |  |  |  |  |  | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It took months to accomplish the job.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accomplish:x4:1
# text = It took months to accomplish the job.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	accomplish	accomplish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | It |  |  |  | month |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **accomplish** | to-infinitive |  | the job |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is an accomplished violinist.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accomplish:x5:1
# text = He is an accomplished violinist.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	violinist	violinist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accomplish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | He | a accomplished violinist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What do you hope to accomplish this year?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accomplish:x6:1
# text = What do you hope to accomplish this year?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hope	hope	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	accomplish	accomplish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **accomplish** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mission accomplished — the cake is baked!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accomplish:x7:1
# text = Mission accomplished — the cake is baked!
1	Mission	Mission	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	baked	bake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accomplish** | past | Mission |  |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bake** | present · passive |  | the cake |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By heaven’s grace I may accomplish my purpose, and, if so, I will come back to you.”

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accomplish:x8:1
# text = By heaven’s grace I may accomplish my purpose, and, if so, I will come back to you.”
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	’s	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	grace	grace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	accomplish	accomplish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
19	back	back	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accomplish** | may | I | my purpose |  |  |  | by heaven's grace | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come back** | future | I |  | you |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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