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title: atone — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «atone» in the school dictionary: To make up for a wrong you have done, by doing something good or by paying for the harm. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# atone

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**Who acts:** you, He, his, I, him · **What happens:** make up, do, pay, promise, atone, fault · **To what, where:** something, him, world

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To make up for a wrong you have done, by doing something good or by paying for the harm.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:atone:m1:1
# text = To make up for a wrong you have done, by doing something good or by paying for the harm.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
13	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obj	_	_
14	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for a wrong | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present · perfect | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | gerund | you *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 4 | **pay** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the harm | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for harm=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He promised to atone for all his faults.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:atone:x1:1
# text = He promised to atone for all his faults.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	atone	atone	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	faults	fault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	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 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **atone** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for his faults | tree rules |
| 3 | **fault** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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I will let him wander the world to atone for his sin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:atone:x2:1
# text = I will let him wander the world to atone for his sin.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	wander	wander	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	atone	atone	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | future | I | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wander** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the world |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme world=Trajectory |
| 3 | **atone** | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the world *not said here* |  |  |  | for his sin | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would pay handsomely to atone for the accident.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:atone:x3:1
# text = He would pay handsomely to atone for the accident.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	handsomely	handsomely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	atone	atone	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | would | He |  |  |  |  | handsomely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **atone** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the accident | tree rules |

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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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