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title: administrative — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «administrative» in the school dictionary: About organising and running a school, business or government: the paperwork, planning and office work. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# administrative

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**Who acts:** Filling, charity, administrative, She, meeting · **What happens:** organise, run, fill, be, keep, cost · **To what, where:** paperwork, school, forms, administrative job, country, administrative regions

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«administrative» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [administrative in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/administrative.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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About organising and running a school, business or government: the paperwork, planning and office work.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:administrative:m1:1
# text = About organising and running a school, business or government: the paperwork, planning and office work.
1	About	about	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	organising	organise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	paperwork	paperwork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	planning	planning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **organise** | gerund |  | the paperwork and planning and office work |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | gerund |  | a school and business or government |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme school=Trajectory |

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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}

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The administrative staff work in the school office.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:administrative:x1:1
# text = The administrative staff work in the school office.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	administrative	administrative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Filling in forms is an administrative job.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:administrative:x2:1
# text = Filling in forms is an administrative job.
1	Filling	fill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	administrative	administrative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | gerund |  |  |  | forms |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Filling | a administrative job |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The charity keeps its administrative costs low.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:administrative:x3:1
# text = The charity keeps its administrative costs low.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	administrative	administrative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	_
6	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the charity |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cost** | present | charity's administrative |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The country is split into administrative regions.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:administrative:x4:1
# text = The country is split into administrative regions.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	administrative	administrative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | present · passive |  | the country |  |  |  | into administrative regions *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into region=Result |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She does administrative work for a hospital.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:administrative:x5:1
# text = She does administrative work for a hospital.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	administrative	administrative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | She | administrative work |  |  |  | for a hospital | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The meeting was about administrative changes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:administrative:x6:1
# text = The meeting was about administrative changes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	administrative	administrative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	changes	change	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the meeting | administrative changes |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |

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