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title: domesticity — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «domesticity» in the school dictionary: Domesticity is home life, the everyday work and comfort of looking after a house and family: he enjoyed domesticity after years of travel. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# domesticity

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**Who acts:** Domesticity, everyday work, he, She, wizard · **What happens:** be, look, enjoy, find, long · **To what, where:** life, domesticity, great joy

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Domesticity is home life, the everyday work and comfort of looking after a house and family: he enjoyed domesticity after years of travel.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:domesticity:m1:1
# text = Domesticity is home life, the everyday work and comfort of looking after a house and family: he enjoyed domesticity after years of travel.
1	Domesticity	domesticity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	everyday	everyday	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	comfort	comfort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
21	domesticity	domesticity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	after	after	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Domesticity | life |  |  |  | the everyday work and comfort *nmod*; home *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | the everyday work and comfort *not said here* |  |  |  | after a house and family |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **enjoy** | past | he | domesticity |  |  | year |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer domesticity=Stimulus |

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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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She found great joy in domesticity, baking bread for her children.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:domesticity:x1:1
# text = She found great joy in domesticity, baking bread for her children.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	domesticity	domesticity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	baking	baking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | She | great joy |  | domesticity |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The wizard longed for domesticity, a cosy house and a warm fire.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:domesticity:x2:1
# text = The wizard longed for domesticity, a cosy house and a warm fire.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	longed	long	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	domesticity	domesticity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	cosy	cosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **long** | past | the wizard |  |  |  |  | for domesticity and a warm fire | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for domesticity=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Their domesticity was calm and happy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:domesticity:x3:1
# text = Their domesticity was calm and happy.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	domesticity	domesticity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Their domesticity |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Their domesticity *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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