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title: autism — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «autism» in the school dictionary: Autism is a lifelong difference in how a person's brain works, which affects how they communicate, make sense of the world and deal with other people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# autism

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**Who acts:** Autism, brain, lifelong difference, they, Autistic people, cousin · **What happens:** be, work, affect, communicate, make, deal · **To what, where:** lifelong difference, sense, world, noise, strong special interests, everything

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Autism is a lifelong difference in how a person's brain works, which affects how they communicate, make sense of the world and deal with other people.

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:autism:m1:1
# text = Autism is a lifelong difference in how a person's brain works, which affects how they communicate, make sense of the world and deal with other people.
1	Autism	autism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lifelong	lifelong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	affects	affect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
16	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	communicate	communicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
21	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	deal	deal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Autism | a lifelong difference |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | present | a person's brain |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **affect** | present | a lifelong difference |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **communicate** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **make** | present | they *not said here* | sense of the world |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product |
| 6 | **deal** | present | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with other people | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with people=Theme |
| 7 | **sense** |  |  | the world |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 -->
Autistic people may find noise, light or busy places hard, may like routines, and often have strong special interests and talents.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:autism:m2:1
# text = Autistic people may find noise, light or busy places hard, may like routines, and often have strong special interests and talents.
1	Autistic	autistic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	routines	routine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	often	often	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
20	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	interests	interest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	talents	talent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | may | Autistic people | noise and light or busy places |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | Autistic people *not said here* | strong special interests and talents |  |  |  | often *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My cousin is autistic and knows everything about trains.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:autism:x1:1
# text = My cousin is autistic and knows everything about trains.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	autistic	autistic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | My cousin |  |  |  |  | autistic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | My cousin *not said here* | everything |  |  |  | about trains | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Autism is not something you can catch.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:autism:x2:1
# text = Autism is not something you can catch.
1	Autism	autism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Autism | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **catch** | can | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some autistic people find loud noises painful.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:autism:x3:1
# text = Some autistic people find loud noises painful.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	autistic	autistic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	noises	noise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	painful	painful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | some autistic people | loud noises |  |  |  | painful *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our class learned about autism and how to be a good friend.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:autism:x4:1
# text = Our class learned about autism and how to be a good friend.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	autism	autism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | Our class |  |  |  |  | about autism and a good friend | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about autism=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | Our class *not said here* | a good friend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Changes in routine can be hard for someone with autism.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:autism:x5:1
# text = Changes in routine can be hard for someone with autism.
1	Changes	change	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	routine	routine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	autism	autism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | Changes in routine |  |  |  |  | for someone; hard *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every autistic person is different.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:autism:x6:1
# text = Every autistic person is different.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	autistic	autistic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | every autistic person |  |  |  |  | different *property* | tree rules |

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