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title: complaisance — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «complaisance» in the school dictionary: Old use: politeness and a readiness to please others, being kind and obliging. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# complaisance

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**Who acts:** He, Good manners · **What happens:** please, be, oblige, show, give, make · **To what, where:** others, complaisance, seat, old man, friends, Kindness

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Old use: politeness and a readiness to please others, being kind and obliging.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:complaisance:m1:1
# text = Old use: politeness and a readiness to please others, being kind and obliging.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	politeness	politeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	readiness	readiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	please	please	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	_
13	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	obliging	oblige	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **please** | to-infinitive |  | others |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus other=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **oblige** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He showed complaisance by giving his seat to the old man.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:complaisance:x1:1
# text = He showed complaisance by giving his seat to the old man.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	complaisance	complaisance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | He | complaisance |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent complaisance=Recipient |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | He *not said here* | his seat | the old man |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent seat=Theme to man=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Good manners and complaisance make friends.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:complaisance:x2:1
# text = Good manners and complaisance make friends.
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	complaisance	complaisance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Good manners and complaisance | friends |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Kindness and complaisance are often rewarded.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:complaisance:x3:1
# text = Kindness and complaisance are often rewarded.
1	Kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	complaisance	complaisance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	often	often	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	rewarded	reward	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reward** | present · passive |  | Kindness and complaisance |  |  |  | often *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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