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title: dominated — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dominated» in the school dictionary: Controlled or ruled by someone more powerful, as in «The country was dominated by its neighbour». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# dominated

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**Who acts:** neighbour, Romans, team, storm, tall church, One loud boy · **What happens:** control, rule, dominate, be, make, run · **To what, where:** country, something, match, team, skyline, castle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«dominated» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: [dominated in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dominated.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Controlled or ruled by someone more powerful, as in «The country was dominated by its neighbour».

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dominated:m1:1
# text = Controlled or ruled by someone more powerful, as in «The country was dominated by its neighbour».
1	Controlled	control	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	ruled	rule	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl:agent	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	dominated	dominate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **control** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rule** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **dominate** *in a quote* | past · passive | country's neighbour |  |  | the country |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
Was the strongest or best in something, as in «Our team dominated the match».

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dominated:m2:1
# text = Was the strongest or best in something, as in «Our team dominated the match».
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
14	dominated	dominate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  | something |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **dominate** *in a quote* | past |  | the match |  | Our team |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme match=Co-Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was the biggest or most noticeable thing, as in «The castle dominated the skyline».

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dominated:m3:1
# text = Was the biggest or most noticeable thing, as in «The castle dominated the skyline».
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	noticeable	noticeable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
14	dominated	dominate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	skyline	skyline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **dominate** *in a quote* | past |  | the skyline |  | the castle |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme skyline=Co-Theme |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mostly made of or run by one group, as in «a male-dominated job».

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dominated:m4:1
# text = Mostly made of or run by one group, as in «a male-dominated job».
1	Mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	obl	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	dominated	dominate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
17	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | mostly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **run** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by one group; as a dominated job | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by group=Trajectory |
| 3 | **dominate** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Romans dominated much of Europe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dominated:x1:1
# text = The Romans dominated much of Europe.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dominated	dominate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dominate** | past | the Romans | much of Europe |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme much=Co-Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our team dominated the second half.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dominated:x2:1
# text = Our team dominated the second half.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dominated	dominate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dominate** | past | Our team | the second half |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme half=Co-Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The news was dominated by the storm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dominated:x3:1
# text = The news was dominated by the storm.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	dominated	dominate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dominate** | past · passive | the storm | the news |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tall church dominated the little village.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dominated:x4:1
# text = A tall church dominated the little village.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dominated	dominate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dominate** | past | a tall church | the little village |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme village=Co-Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Engineering used to be a male-dominated job.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dominated:x5:1
# text = Engineering used to be a male-dominated job.
1	Engineering	engineer	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	dominated	dominate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» |
| 2 | **dominate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | a dominated job |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One loud boy dominated the group discussion.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dominated:x6:1
# text = One loud boy dominated the group discussion.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dominated	dominate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dominate** | past | One loud boy | the group discussion |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme discussion=Co-Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Weeds dominated the old garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dominated:x7:1
# text = Weeds dominated the old garden.
1	Weeds	weed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dominated	dominate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dominate** | past | Weeds | the old garden |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme garden=Co-Theme |

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