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title: detachment — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «detachment» in the school dictionary: A detachment is a small group of soldiers or workers sent off to do a special job. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# detachment

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**Who acts:** detachment, calm feeling, captain, She · **What happens:** be, send off, do, not be, care, send · **To what, where:** small group, workers, special job, calm feeling, detachment, bridge

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«detachment» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [detachment in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/detachment.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A detachment is a small group of soldiers or workers sent off to do a special job.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:detachment:m1:1
# text = A detachment is a small group of soldiers or workers sent off to do a special job.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	detachment	detachment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a detachment | a small group |  |  |  | of soldiers or workers | tree rules |
| 2 | **send off** | participle |  | workers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | a special job |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |

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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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Detachment is a calm feeling of not being involved or caring too much.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:detachment:m2:1
# text = Detachment is a calm feeling of not being involved or caring too much.
1	Detachment	detachment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	involved	involved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	caring	care	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	much	much	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Detachment | a calm feeling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | gerund | a calm feeling *not said here* |  |  |  |  | involved *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **care** | gerund | a calm feeling *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The captain sent a detachment of ten soldiers to guard the bridge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:detachment:x1:1
# text = The captain sent a detachment of ten soldiers to guard the bridge.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	detachment	detachment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	guard	guard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | the captain | a detachment of ten soldiers |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detachment=Theme |
| 2 | **guard** | to-infinitive | the captain *not said here* | the bridge |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **detach** |  |  | ten soldiers |  |  |  |  | nom detachment «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each detachment marched to its own hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:detachment:x2:1
# text = Each detachment marched to its own hill.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	detachment	detachment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	marched	march	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march** | past | each detachment |  |  |  |  | to detachment's own hill *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hill=Result |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She watched the quarrel with calm detachment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:detachment:x3:1
# text = She watched the quarrel with calm detachment.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	detachment	detachment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | She | the quarrel |  |  |  | with calm detachment | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarrel=Theme |

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