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title: genealogy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «genealogy» in the school dictionary: A genealogy is a list or history of who your ancestors were, going back through the family. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# genealogy

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**Who acts:** genealogy, list, He, Tuan, genealogies · **What happens:** be, go back, study, recite, remember · **To what, where:** list, family, genealogy, monks

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A genealogy is a list or history of who your ancestors were, going back through the family.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:genealogy:m1:1
# text = A genealogy is a list or history of who your ancestors were, going back through the family.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	genealogy	genealogy	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	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
15	back	back	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	through	through	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a genealogy | a list or history |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go back** | past · progressive | a list or history |  |  | the family |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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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He studied his family's genealogy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:genealogy:x1:1
# text = He studied his family's genealogy.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	studied	study	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	genealogy	genealogy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | past | He | his family's genealogy |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent genealogy=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Tuan recited his genealogy to the monks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:genealogy:x2:1
# text = Tuan recited his genealogy to the monks.
1	Tuan	Tuan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recited	recite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	genealogy	genealogy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	monks	monk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **recite** | past | Tuan | Tuan's genealogy | the monks |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent genealogy=Topic to monk=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The genealogies were long and hard to remember.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:genealogy:x3:1
# text = The genealogies were long and hard to remember.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	genealogies	genealogy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the genealogies |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the genealogies *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **remember** | to-infinitive | the genealogies *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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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