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title: cohabitation — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cohabitation» in the school dictionary: Cohabitation is living together as a couple without being married. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cohabitation

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**Who acts:** Cohabitation, different species, report, cats, Laws, zoo · **What happens:** live together, marry, cohabit, become, look, be · **To what, where:** same place, country, cohabitation

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cohabitation is living together as a couple without being married.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cohabitation:m1:1
# text = Cohabitation is living together as a couple without being married.
1	Cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live together** | present · progressive | Cohabitation |  |  |  |  | as a couple; together *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **marry** | gerund · passive | Cohabitation *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» |

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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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cohabitation is living together in the same place: «the cohabitation of different species».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cohabitation:m2:1
# text = Cohabitation is living together in the same place: «the cohabitation of different species».
1	Cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live together** | present · progressive | Cohabitation |  |  | the same place |  | together *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cohabit** *in a quote* |  | different species |  |  |  |  |  | nom cohabitation «act intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Cohabitation has become more common.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cohabitation:x1:1
# text = Cohabitation has become more common.
1	Cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present · perfect | Cohabitation |  |  |  |  | common *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The report looked at marriage and cohabitation.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cohabitation:x2:1
# text = The report looked at marriage and cohabitation.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the report |  |  |  |  | at marriage and cohabitation | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at marriage=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The cohabitation of cats and dogs in our house is peaceful.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cohabitation:x3:1
# text = The cohabitation of cats and dogs in our house is peaceful.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the cohabitation of cats in our house and dogs |  |  |  |  | peaceful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cohabit** |  | cats in our house and dogs |  |  |  |  |  | nom cohabitation «act intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Laws about cohabitation are different in each country.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cohabitation:x4:1
# text = Laws about cohabitation are different in each country.
1	Laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Laws about cohabitation |  |  | each country |  | different *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The zoo studied the cohabitation of the animals.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cohabitation:x5:1
# text = The zoo studied the cohabitation of the animals.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	studied	study	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	cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | past | the zoo | the cohabitation of the animals |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cohabitation=Topic |
| 2 | **cohabit** |  | the animals |  |  |  |  |  | nom cohabitation «act intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Their cohabitation lasted ten years.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cohabitation:x6:1
# text = Their cohabitation lasted ten years.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | Their cohabitation |  |  |  | year |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cohabit** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom cohabitation «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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