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title: educate — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «educate» in the school dictionary: To teach someone over a long time, especially at school, college or university. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# educate

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**Who acts:** people, you, Teachers, poster, We, Amphitryon · **What happens:** teach, give, understand, educate, mean, go · **To what, where:** someone, school, information, people, something, children · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«educate» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [educate in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/educate.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To teach someone over a long time, especially at school, college or university.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educate:m1:1
# text = To teach someone over a long time, especially at school, college or university.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	teach	teach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	college	college	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | someone | school and college or university | time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient |

<!-- .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 give people information so they understand something better, such as about health or safety.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educate:m2:1
# text = To give people information so they understand something better, such as about health or safety.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	iobj	_	_
4	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	understand	understand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | information | people |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient information=Theme |
| 2 | **understand** | present | people | something |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Be educated at» a school means you went to school there.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educate:m3:1
# text = «Be educated at» a school means you went to school there.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	educated	educate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **educate** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive · passive |  | a school |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: school=Recipient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go** | past | you |  |  | school; there |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial\_Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Teachers educate children to read and write.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educate:x1:1
# text = Teachers educate children to read and write.
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	educate	educate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **educate** *speech: other* | present | Teachers |  | children |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient |
| 2 | **read** | to-infinitive | Teachers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **write** | infinitive | Teachers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The poster educates people about recycling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educate:x2:1
# text = The poster educates people about recycling.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	educates	educate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	recycling	recycling	NOUN	NN	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 | **educate** *speech: other* | present | the poster |  | people |  |  | about recycling | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent people=Recipient about recycling=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was educated at a small village school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educate:x3:1
# text = She was educated at a small village school.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	educated	educate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **educate** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | She |  | a small village school |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the past, many girls were not educated at all.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educate:x4:1
# text = In the past, many girls were not educated at all.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	educated	educate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **educate** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | many girls |  | the past |  | at all | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We want to educate our friends about online safety.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educate:x5:1
# text = We want to educate our friends about online safety.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	educate	educate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	safety	safety	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 | **want** | present | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **educate** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* |  | our friends |  |  | about online safety | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient about safety=Topic |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Make an educated guess if you are not sure.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educate:x6:1
# text = Make an educated guess if you are not sure.
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	educated	educated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | a educated guess |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset guess=Product |
| 2 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When Amphitryon heard the noble destiny which awaited the child intrusted to his care, he resolved to educate him in a manner worthy of his future career.

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:educate:x7:1
# text = When Amphitryon heard the noble destiny which awaited the child intrusted to his care, he resolved to educate him in a manner worthy of his future career.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	Amphitryon	Amphitryon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	destiny	destiny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	awaited	await	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	intrusted	intrust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	educate	educate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	worthy	worthy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
27	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	career	career	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | Amphitryon | the noble destiny |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer destiny=Stimulus |
| 2 | **await** | past | the noble destiny | the child |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **intrust** | participle |  | the child *not said here* |  |  |  | to Amphitryon's care | tree rules |
| 4 | **resolve** | past | Amphitryon |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **educate** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Amphitryon *not said here* |  | Amphitryon | a manner worthy of Amphitryon's future career |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 6 | **care** |  | Amphitryon |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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