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title: corrupt — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «corrupt» in the school dictionary: Corrupt means dishonest or wicked. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# corrupt

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**Who acts:** Corrupt, food, corrupt judge, bad example, meat · **What happens:** mean, do, corrupt, be, spoil, take · **To what, where:** dishonest, something, money, other children

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«corrupt» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: [corrupt in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/corrupt.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Corrupt means dishonest or wicked.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrupt:m1:1
# text = Corrupt means dishonest or wicked.
1	Corrupt	corrupt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dishonest	dishonest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Corrupt | dishonest |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dishonest=Topic |

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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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Corrupt can mean rotten or gone bad, as food does.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrupt:m2:1
# text = Corrupt can mean rotten or gone bad, as food does.
1	Corrupt	corrupt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	rotten	rotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Corrupt |  |  |  |  | rotten *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | food |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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To corrupt is to make someone bad or dishonest, or to spoil something.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrupt:m3:1
# text = To corrupt is to make someone bad or dishonest, or to spoil something.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	corrupt	corrupt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dishonest	dishonest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	spoil	spoil	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **corrupt** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | bad, make *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **spoil** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The corrupt judge took money to be unfair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrupt:x1:1
# text = The corrupt judge took money to be unfair.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	corrupt	corrupt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the corrupt judge | money |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | the corrupt judge *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unfair *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A bad example can corrupt the other children.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrupt:x2:1
# text = A bad example can corrupt the other children.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	corrupt	corrupt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **corrupt** | can | a bad example | the other children |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The meat was corrupt and smelled horrible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:corrupt:x3:1
# text = The meat was corrupt and smelled horrible.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	corrupt	corrupt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	horrible	horrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	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** | past | the meat |  |  |  |  | corrupt *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **smell** | past | the meat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | horrible *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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