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title: dealings — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dealings» in the school dictionary: The business or contact that people or groups have with each other: «my dealings with the bank». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dealings

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**Who acts:** people, my, way, I, detective, mayor · **What happens:** have, deal, behave, do, look, be · **To what, where:** contact, business, dealings, them, friendly dealings, financial dealings

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The business or contact that people or groups have with each other: «my dealings with the bank».

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dealings:m1:1
# text = The business or contact that people or groups have with each other: «my dealings with the bank».
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	9	obl	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	dealings	dealing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | people or groups | contact *not said here* |  |  |  | with each | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contact=Patient |
| 2 | **deal** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  | with the bank | nom dealing «act intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl |

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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 -->
The way someone behaves when doing business: «honest dealings», «shady dealings».

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dealings:m2:1
# text = The way someone behaves when doing business: «honest dealings», «shady dealings».
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
4	behaves	behave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	dealings	dealing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	shady	shady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	dealings	dealing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behave** | present | the way |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the way *not said here* | business |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Eventuality |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I've had no dealings with that company.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dealings:x1:1
# text = I've had no dealings with that company.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	dealings	dealing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **have** | present · perfect | I | no dealings |  |  |  | with that company | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dealing=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The detective looked into the mayor's secret dealings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dealings:x2:1
# text = The detective looked into the mayor's secret dealings.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	detective	detective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	dealings	dealing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **look** | past | the detective |  |  |  |  | into the mayor's secret dealings | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into dealing=Theme |
| 2 | **deal** |  | the mayor |  |  |  |  |  | nom dealing «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He was always honest in his dealings with customers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dealings:x3:1
# text = He was always honest in his dealings with customers.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dealings	dealing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  | his dealings with customers |  | always, honest *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **deal** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | with customers | nom dealing «act intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Their business dealings made them rich.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dealings:x4:1
# text = Their business dealings made them rich.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dealings	dealing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Their business dealings | them *= they* |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 2 | **deal** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom dealing «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We had friendly dealings with the shop next door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dealings:x5:1
# text = We had friendly dealings with the shop next door.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dealings	dealing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | We | friendly dealings |  |  |  | with shop next door | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dealing=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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(formal) The report examines the firm's financial dealings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dealings:x6:1
# text = (formal) The report examines the firm's financial dealings.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	examines	examine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	firm	firm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	financial	financial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	dealings	dealing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **examine** | present | the formal report | the firm's financial dealings |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dealing=Theme |
| 2 | **deal** |  | the firm |  |  |  |  |  | nom dealing «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We of the jungle have no dealings with them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dealings:x7:1
# text = We of the jungle have no dealings with them.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	dealings	dealing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | We | no dealings |  |  |  | with dealings *= dealing* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dealing=Patient |

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