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title: exhume — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «exhume» in the school dictionary: To dig up a body that has been buried, usually to examine it or move it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# exhume

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**Who acts:** police, Archaeologists · **What happens:** dig up, bury, examine, move, exhume, check · **To what, where:** body, coffin, evidence, grave, story, old bones

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To dig up a body that has been buried, usually to examine it or move it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhume:m1:1
# text = To dig up a body that has been buried, usually to examine it or move it.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dig	dig	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	examine	examine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig up** | to-infinitive |  | a body |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent body=Theme |
| 2 | **bury** | present · perfect · passive |  | a body |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **examine** | to-infinitive |  | body |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **move** | infinitive |  | body |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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The police exhumed the coffin to check the evidence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhume:x1:1
# text = The police exhumed the coffin to check the evidence.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exhumed	exhume	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	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhume** | past | the police | the coffin |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent coffin=Patient |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | the police *not said here* | the evidence |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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In the story the grave was opened and the body was exhumed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhume:x2:1
# text = In the story the grave was opened and the body was exhumed.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	exhumed	exhume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past · passive |  | the grave |  | the story |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme in story=Location |
| 2 | **exhume** | past · passive |  | the body |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Archaeologists exhume old bones with great care.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exhume:x3:1
# text = Archaeologists exhume old bones with great care.
1	Archaeologists	archaeologist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	exhume	exhume	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhume** | present | Archaeologists | old bones |  |  |  | with great care | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bone=Patient with care=Instrument |

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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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