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title: civilised — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «civilised» in the school dictionary: Living in an organised society with laws, good manners, towns and government, not wild or rough. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# civilised

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**Who acts:** people, Good manners · **What happens:** live, civilise, have, grow, be · **To what, where:** organised society, Many countries, schools, kings, part

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Living in an organised society with laws, good manners, towns and government, not wild or rough.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:civilised:m1:1
# text = Living in an organised society with laws, good manners, towns and government, not wild or rough.
1	Living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	csubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	organised	organised	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	society	society	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  | a organised society |  | with laws and good manners and towns and government | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in society=Location |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Many countries are civilised and have schools.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:civilised:x1:1
# text = Many countries are civilised and have schools.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	civilised	civilise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **civilise** | present · passive |  | Many countries |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present |  | schools |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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As people grew more civilised, they had kings and queens.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:civilised:x2:1
# text = As people grew more civilised, they had kings and queens.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	civilised	civilise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	queens	queen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **civilise** | participle | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | past | people | kings and queens |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Good manners are part of being civilised.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:civilised:x3:1
# text = Good manners are part of being civilised.
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	civilised	civilise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	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** | present | Good manners | part |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **civilise** | gerund · passive |  | part *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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