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title: expiate — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «expiate» in the school dictionary: To make up for a wrong or sin by suffering or doing something good, so that the guilt is removed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# expiate

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**Who acts:** He, his, king, kind deed · **What happens:** make up, suffer, do, remove, try, expiate · **To what, where:** something, guilt, crime, gold, poor, sin

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To make up for a wrong or sin by suffering or doing something good, so that the guilt is removed.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:expiate:m1:1
# text = To make up for a wrong or sin by suffering or doing something good, so that the guilt is removed.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	suffering	suffer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
13	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obj	_	_
14	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	21	mark	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for a wrong or sin | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **suffer** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **do** | gerund |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 4 | **remove** | present · passive |  | the guilt |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=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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He tried to expiate his crime by giving his gold to the poor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:expiate:x1:1
# text = He tried to expiate his crime by giving his gold to the poor.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	expiate	expiate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	crime	crime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **expiate** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his crime |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | gerund | He *not said here* | his gold | the poor |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gold=Theme to poor=Recipient |
| 4 | **incriminate** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom crime «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The king expiated his sin with years of penance.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:expiate:x2:1
# text = The king expiated his sin with years of penance.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	expiated	expiate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	penance	penance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expiate** | past | the king | king's sin |  |  | year |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Only a kind deed can expiate that wrong.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:expiate:x3:1
# text = Only a kind deed can expiate that wrong.
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	deed	deed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	expiate	expiate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expiate** | can | a kind deed |  |  |  |  |  | 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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