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title: assess — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «assess» in the school dictionary: To judge or decide how good, big, important or serious something is. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# assess

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**Who acts:** you, something, teacher, First aiders, Doctors, his · **What happens:** judge, decide, be, work out, value, assess · **To what, where:** good, amount, something, stories, scene, injuries · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«assess» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [assess in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/assess.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To judge or decide how good, big, important or serious something is.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assess:m1:1
# text = To judge or decide how good, big, important or serious something is.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	judge	judge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	decide	decide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
13	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **decide** | imperative | you *not said here* | good |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: agent=Agent good=Co-Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **be** | present | something |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To work out the amount or value of something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assess:m2:1
# text = To work out the amount or value of something.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	work	work	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work out** | to-infinitive |  | the amount or value of something |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Topic |
| 2 | **value** |  |  | something |  |  |  |  | nom value «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teacher will assess your stories next week.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assess:x1:1
# text = The teacher will assess your stories next week.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	assess	assess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assess** | future | the teacher | your stories |  |  | week |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
First aiders assess the scene before helping.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assess:x2:1
# text = First aiders assess the scene before helping.
1	First	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	amod	_	_
2	aiders	aider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	assess	assess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	helping	help	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assess** | present | First aiders | the scene |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scene=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | gerund | First aiders *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Doctors assessed his injuries.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assess:x3:1
# text = Doctors assessed his injuries.
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	assessed	assess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assess** | past | Doctors | his injuries |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=Theme |
| 2 | **injure** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom injury «state transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You will be assessed on your reading.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assess:x4:1
# text = You will be assessed on your reading.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	assessed	assess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **assess** | future · passive |  | You |  | your reading |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **read** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom reading «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Assess the risks before crossing the river.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assess:x5:1
# text = Assess the risks before crossing the river.
1	Assess	assess	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	risks	risk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assess** | imperative | you *not said here* | the risks |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent risk=Theme |
| 2 | **cross** | gerund | you *not said here* | the river |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The insurer assessed the damage to the car.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assess:x6:1
# text = The insurer assessed the damage to the car.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	insurer	insurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	assessed	assess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assess** | past | the insurer | the damage |  |  |  | to the car | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent damage=Theme |

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