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title: appraisal — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «appraisal» in the school dictionary: An appraisal is a careful judgement of how good, useful or valuable something or someone is. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# appraisal

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**Who acts:** appraisal, meeting, they, official judgement, Mum, expert · **What happens:** be, talk, do, have, appraise, give · **To what, where:** careful judgement, someone, appraisal, work, old painting, money · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«appraisal» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [appraisal in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/appraisal.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An appraisal is a careful judgement of how good, useful or valuable something or someone is.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appraisal:m1:1
# text = An appraisal is a careful judgement of how good, useful or valuable something or someone is.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	appraisal	appraisal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	judgement	judgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	valuable	valuable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
14	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nmod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	nmod	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a appraisal | a careful judgement |  |  |  | of something | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: work — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A meeting at work where a manager talks with a worker about how well they are doing.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appraisal:m2:1
# text = A meeting at work where a manager talks with a worker about how well they are doing.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	manager	manager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
13	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
14	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | a meeting at work |  |  |  |  | with a worker | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with worker=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present · progressive | they |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: money — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An official judgement of how much something, such as a house or a ring, is worth.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appraisal:m3:1
# text = An official judgement of how much something, such as a house or a ring, is worth.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	judgement	judgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a official judgement of something |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum has her appraisal at work next week.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appraisal:x1:1
# text = Mum has her appraisal at work next week.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|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	appraisal	appraisal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Mum | Mum's appraisal |  | work | week |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appraisal=Patient |
| 2 | **appraise** |  | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | nom appraisal «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The expert gave an appraisal of the old painting.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appraisal:x2:1
# text = The expert gave an appraisal of the old painting.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	expert	expert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	appraisal	appraisal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the expert | a appraisal of the old painting |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appraisal=Theme |
| 2 | **appraise** |  |  | the old painting |  |  |  |  | nom appraisal «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bank wanted an appraisal of the house before lending money.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appraisal:x3:1
# text = The bank wanted an appraisal of the house before lending money.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	appraisal	appraisal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	lending	lend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the bank | a appraisal of the house |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot appraisal=Theme |
| 2 | **lend** | gerund | the bank *not said here* | money |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 3 | **appraise** |  |  | the house |  |  |  |  | nom appraisal «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The coach gave an honest appraisal of our game.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appraisal:x4:1
# text = The coach gave an honest appraisal of our game.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	appraisal	appraisal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the coach | a honest appraisal of our game |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appraisal=Theme |
| 2 | **appraise** |  |  | our game |  |  |  |  | nom appraisal «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After the storm, the council made an appraisal of the damage.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appraisal:x5:1
# text = After the storm, the council made an appraisal of the damage.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	appraisal	appraisal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the council | a appraisal of the damage |  |  | after the storm |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset appraisal=Product |
| 2 | **appraise** |  |  | the damage |  |  |  |  | nom appraisal «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My teacher's appraisal of my story was very kind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appraisal:x6:1
# text = My teacher's appraisal of my story was very kind.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	appraisal	appraisal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | My teacher's appraisal of my story |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **appraise** |  | My teacher | my story |  |  |  |  | nom appraisal «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ring's appraisal said it was worth a lot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:appraisal:x7:1
# text = The ring's appraisal said it was worth a lot.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	appraisal	appraisal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the ring's appraisal |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | appraisal |  |  |  |  | a lot *obl:unmarked*; worth *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **appraise** |  |  | the ring |  |  |  |  | nom appraisal «cognition transitive»: poss=patient |

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