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title: babysitting — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «babysitting» in the school dictionary: Babysitting is the -ing form of «babysit»: looking after a child while their parents are out. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# babysitting

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**Who acts:** Babysitting, parents, job, She, I, He · **What happens:** be, look, do, earn, babysit, learn · **To what, where:** ing form, job, pocket money, babysitting, little sister, babysitting course

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Babysitting is the -ing form of «babysit»: looking after a child while their parents are out.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:babysitting:m1:1
# text = Babysitting is the -ing form of «babysit»: looking after a child while their parents are out.
1	Babysitting	babysitting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	ing	ing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	babysit	babysit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
19	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	out	out	ADV	RB	_	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Babysitting | the ing form |  |  |  | of babysit | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | Babysitting *not said here* |  |  |  | after a child |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present | their parents |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |

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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 -->
Babysitting is also the job or activity of doing that, often for pay.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:babysitting:m2:1
# text = Babysitting is also the job or activity of doing that, often for pay.
1	Babysitting	babysitting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Babysitting | the job or activity |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the job or activity *not said here* | the job or activity |  |  |  | for pay | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She earns pocket money from babysitting.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:babysitting:x1:1
# text = She earns pocket money from babysitting.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	earns	earn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	babysitting	babysitting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | present | She | pocket money |  | babysitting |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from babysitting=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I'm babysitting my little sister tonight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:babysitting:x2:1
# text = I'm babysitting my little sister tonight.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	babysitting	babysit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **babysit** | present · progressive | I | my little sister |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He did a babysitting course to learn first aid.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:babysitting:x3:1
# text = He did a babysitting course to learn first aid.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	babysitting	babysitting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | He | a babysitting course |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Eventuality |
| 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | first aid |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aid=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mia was paid £8 an hour for babysitting, so 3 hours earned her £24.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:babysitting:x4:1
# text = Mia was paid £8 an hour for babysitting, so 3 hours earned her £24.
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	babysitting	babysitting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	earned	earn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	£	£	SYM	$	_	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past · passive |  | Mia |  |  | hour | for babysitting | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for babysitting=Theme |
| 2 | **earn** | past | 3 hours |  | Mia |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary £=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Babysitting twins is hard work!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:babysitting:x5:1
# text = Babysitting twins is hard work!
1	Babysitting	babysit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **babysit** | gerund |  | twins |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twin=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Babysitting | hard work |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Thanks for babysitting, we'll be home by ten.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:babysitting:x6:1
# text = Thanks for babysitting, we'll be home by ten.
1	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	babysitting	babysitting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | we |  |  |  |  | by ten; home *property* | tree rules |

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