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title: edit — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «edit» in the school dictionary: To edit writing is to check it and change it to make it better, by fixing mistakes and improving words. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# edit

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** charge, edit, you, I, my, She · **What happens:** edit, be, change, make, fix, improve · **To what, where:** writing, mistakes, words, film, video, charge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«edit» 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: [edit in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/edit.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To edit writing is to check it and change it to make it better, by fixing mistakes and improving words.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edit:m1:1
# text = To edit writing is to check it and change it to make it better, by fixing mistakes and improving words.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	edit	edit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	fixing	fix	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	advcl	_	_
18	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	improving	improve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	conj	_	_
21	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **edit** | to-infinitive |  | writing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | check *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **change** | infinitive |  | writing |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | writing |  |  |  | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 5 | **fix** | gerund |  | mistakes |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent mistake=Patient |
| 6 | **improve** | gerund |  | words |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent word=Patient |

<!-- .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 -->
To edit a film, photo or video is to cut and arrange it.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edit:m2:1
# text = To edit a film, photo or video is to cut and arrange it.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	edit	edit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	arrange	arrange	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **edit** | to-infinitive |  | a film and photo or video |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | cut *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **arrange** | infinitive |  | video |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To be in charge of a newspaper, magazine or book and decide what goes in it is also to edit it.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edit:m3:1
# text = To be in charge of a newspaper, magazine or book and decide what goes in it is also to edit it.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	magazine	magazine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
15	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
16	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	also	also	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	edit	edit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | charge |  | of a newspaper | tree rules |
| 2 | **decide** | infinitive | charge |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | charge |  |  |  |  | edit *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An edit is a change made in this way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edit:m4:1
# text = An edit is a change made in this way.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	edit	edit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a edit | a change |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a change *not said here* |  | this way |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Edit your story before you write it out neatly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edit:x1:1
# text = Edit your story before you write it out neatly.
1	Edit	edit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	write	write	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	neatly	neatly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **edit** | imperative | you *not said here* | your story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **write out** | present | you | story |  |  |  | neatly *property* | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I edited my paragraph and fixed three spelling mistakes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edit:x2:1
# text = I edited my paragraph and fixed three spelling mistakes.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	edited	edit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fixed	fix	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **edit** | participle | I | my paragraph |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fix** | past | I *not said here* | three spelling mistakes |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent mistake=Patient |
| 3 | **paragraph** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom paragraph «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She edits videos for her family.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edit:x3:1
# text = She edits videos for her family.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	edits	edit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	videos	video	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **edit** | present | She | videos |  |  |  | for her family | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teacher asked us to edit with a green pen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edit:x4:1
# text = The teacher asked us to edit with a green pen.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	edit	edit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the teacher |  | us |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **edit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a green pen | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He edited out the boring part of the film.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edit:x5:1
# text = He edited out the boring part of the film.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	edited	edit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **edit out** | participle | He | the boring part of the film |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My edits made the sentence much clearer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edit:x6:1
# text = My edits made the sentence much clearer.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	edits	edit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	clearer	clear	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | My edits | the sentence |  |  |  | clear *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sentence=Product |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Photos can be edited, so not every picture online is real.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edit:x7:1
# text = Photos can be edited, so not every picture online is real.
1	Photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	edited	edit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	online	online	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **edit** | can · passive |  | Photos |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | every picture |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

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