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title: extermination — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «extermination» in the school dictionary: The complete destruction of a pest, a group or a thing, so that none is left. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# extermination

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**Who acts:** farmers, goddess, plan · **What happens:** leave, destroy, work, love, be · **To what, where:** none, pest, extermination

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The complete destruction of a pest, a group or a thing, so that none is left.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:extermination:m1:1
# text = The complete destruction of a pest, a group or a thing, so that none is left.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	destruction	destruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pest	pest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  | none |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **destroy** |  |  | a pest |  |  |  |  | nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 farmers worked for the extermination of the rats.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:extermination:x1:1
# text = The farmers worked for the extermination of the rats.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	extermination	extermination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	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 | **work** | past | the farmers |  |  |  |  | for the extermination of the rats | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for extermination=Beneficiary |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The goddess loved extermination.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:extermination:x2:1
# text = The goddess loved extermination.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	extermination	extermination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | the goddess | extermination |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer extermination=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The plan was the extermination of the weeds in the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:extermination:x3:1
# text = The plan was the extermination of the weeds in the garden.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	extermination	extermination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	weeds	weed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the plan | the extermination |  |  |  | of the weeds in the garden | 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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