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title: chore — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «chore» in the school dictionary: A chore is a small job you do regularly at home, like washing up, making your bed or feeding the pet. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# chore

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**Who acts:** chore, you, chores, We, Washing, I · **What happens:** be, do, wash up, make, feed, watch · **To what, where:** small job, home, bed, pet, boring task, cat

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«chore» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [chore in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chore.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A chore is a small job you do regularly at home, like washing up, making your bed or feeding the pet.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chore:m1:1
# text = A chore is a small job you do regularly at home, like washing up, making your bed or feeding the pet.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chore	chore	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	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	regularly	regularly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
18	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	conj	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 chore | a small job |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | you | a small job *not said here* |  | home |  | regularly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
| 3 | **wash up** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | your bed |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bed=Product |
| 5 | **feed** | gerund | you *not said here* |  | the pet |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Recipient |

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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 -->
A chore is any boring or unpleasant task.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chore:m2:1
# text = A chore is any boring or unpleasant task.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chore	chore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
5	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	task	task	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** | present | a chore | any boring task |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My chores are feeding the cat and making my bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chore:x1:1
# text = My chores are feeding the cat and making my bed.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	chores	chore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present · progressive | My chores |  | the cat |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | My chores *not said here* | my bed |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bed=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We do our chores before we watch TV.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chore:x2:1
# text = We do our chores before we watch TV.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	chores	chore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	watch	watch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | We | our chores |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality |
| 2 | **watch** | present | we | TV |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Washing up is my least favourite chore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chore:x3:1
# text = Washing up is my least favourite chore.
1	Washing	wash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	least	least	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	chore	chore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Washing | my favourite chore |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I get two pounds a week for doing chores.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chore:x4:1
# text = I get two pounds a week for doing chores.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	chores	chore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	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 | **get** | present | I | two pounds |  |  | week |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pound=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | I *not said here* | chores |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our chore chart is on the fridge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chore:x5:1
# text = Our chore chart is on the fridge.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	chore	chore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chart	chart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Our chore chart |  |  | the fridge |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chart** |  | Our |  |  |  |  |  | nom chart «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tidying up after the party was a real chore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chore:x6:1
# text = Tidying up after the party was a real chore.
1	Tidying	tidy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	chore	chore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tidy up** | gerund |  |  |  |  | after the party |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Tidying | a real chore |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everyone in the family shares the chores.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chore:x7:1
# text = Everyone in the family shares the chores.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	shares	share	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chores	chore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | Everyone | the chores |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If each chore takes 10 minutes, four chores take 40 minutes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chore:x8:1
# text = If each chore takes 10 minutes, four chores take 40 minutes.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	chore	chore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
5	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	chores	chore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | each chore |  |  |  | minute |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | present | four chores |  |  |  | minute |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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