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title: bane — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bane» in the school dictionary: A bane is a person or thing that causes trouble, ruin or death. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bane

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**Who acts:** bane, thing, Noise, cold · **What happens:** be, cause, prove · **To what, where:** person, trouble, deadly poison, death, brave hero, bane

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A bane is a person or thing that causes trouble, ruin or death.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bane:m1:1
# text = A bane is a person or thing that causes trouble, ruin or death.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bane	bane	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	ruin	ruin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	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 | a bane | a person or thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cause** | present | thing | trouble and ruin or death |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=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}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A bane is a deadly poison or a cause of death, as in «rat bane».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bane:m2:1
# text = A bane is a deadly poison or a cause of death, as in «rat bane».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bane	bane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	bane	bane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 bane | a deadly poison or a cause of death |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cause** |  |  | death |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dragon's bane was a brave hero.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bane:x1:1
# text = The dragon's bane was a brave hero.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	bane	bane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the dragon's bane | a brave hero |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Noise was the bane of his life.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bane:x2:1
# text = Noise was the bane of his life.
1	Noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bane	bane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Noise | the bane |  |  |  | of his life | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cold proved the bane of the old king.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bane:x3:1
# text = The cold proved the bane of the old king.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proved	prove	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	bane	bane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | past | the cold | the bane of the old king |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bane=Theme |

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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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