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title: archive — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «archive» in the school dictionary: An archive is a place where old records, papers and documents are kept safe for many years. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# archive

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**Who acts:** archive, We, pages, book · **What happens:** be, keep, find, page · **To what, where:** place, old records, collection, old letters, archive, map

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«archive» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: [archive in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/archive.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An archive is a place where old records, papers and documents are kept safe for many years.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archive:m1:1
# text = An archive is a place where old records, papers and documents are kept safe for many years.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	archive	archive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	papers	paper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	documents	document	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
15	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a archive | a place |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present · passive |  | old records and papers and documents |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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}

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An archive is also a collection of such records, or an online store of old pages and files.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archive:m2:1
# text = An archive is also a collection of such records, or an online store of old pages and files.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	archive	archive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	store	store	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	files	file	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a archive | a collection or a online store of old pages and files |  |  |  | of such records | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The old letters are kept in the archive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archive:x1:1
# text = The old letters are kept in the archive.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	archive	archive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · passive |  | the old letters |  | the archive |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in archive=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We found the map in the local archive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archive:x2:1
# text = We found the map in the local archive.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	archive	archive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | We | the map |  | the local archive |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The book's pages are in an online archive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archive:x3:1
# text = The book's pages are in an online archive.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	archive	archive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the book's pages |  |  | a online archive |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **page** |  | the book |  |  |  |  |  | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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