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title: civic — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «civic» in the school dictionary: To do with a town or city and its official life, like a civic centre or civic building. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# civic

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**Who acts:** Voting, concert, town, Picking, mayor, we · **What happens:** do, be, vote, help, show, pick up · **To what, where:** community, civic duty, civic centre, great civic pride, litter, small civic act · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«civic» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [civic in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/civic.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To do with a town or city and its official life, like a civic centre or civic building.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:civic:m1:1
# text = To do with a town or city and its official life, like a civic centre or civic building.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	civic	civic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	civic	civic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with a town or city and city's official life; like a civic centre or civic building | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
To do with being a citizen and the duties of people in a community, like voting or helping.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:civic:m2:1
# text = To do with being a citizen and the duties of people in a community, like voting or helping.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	citizen	citizen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	duties	duty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	voting	vote	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	helping	help	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a community |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with a citizen and the duties of people | tree rules |
| 3 | **vote** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **help** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Voting is a civic duty.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:civic:x1:1
# text = Voting is a civic duty.
1	Voting	voting	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	civic	civic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	duty	duty	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 | **is a** | present | Voting | a civic duty |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The concert is in the civic centre.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:civic:x2:1
# text = The concert is in the civic centre.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	civic	civic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	centre	centre	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 | the concert |  |  | the civic centre |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The town showed great civic pride after the cleanup.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:civic:x3:1
# text = The town showed great civic pride after the cleanup.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	civic	civic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cleanup	cleanup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **show** | past | the town | great civic pride |  |  | after the cleanup |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pride=Recipient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Picking up litter is a small civic act.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:civic:x4:1
# text = Picking up litter is a small civic act.
1	Picking	pick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	litter	litter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	civic	civic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	act	act	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 | **pick up** | gerund |  | litter |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Picking | a small civic act |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mayor and other civic leaders opened the park.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:civic:x5:1
# text = The mayor and other civic leaders opened the park.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	civic	civic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | the mayor and other civic leaders | the park |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location park=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In civics class we learned how laws are made.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:civic:x6:1
# text = In civics class we learned how laws are made.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	civics	civic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	compound	_	_
3	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | we |  |  | civics class |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | laws |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The museum is a civic building, owned by the town.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:civic:x7:1
# text = The museum is a civic building, owned by the town.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	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	civic	civic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	owned	own	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the museum | a civic building |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **own** | participle |  | a civic building *not said here* |  |  |  | by the town | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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