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title: gravitation — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gravitation» in the school dictionary: Gravitation is the force by which everything with mass pulls on everything else; it keeps us on the ground and the Moon going round the Earth. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gravitation

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**Who acts:** Gravitation, everything, ground, people, planets, Newton · **What happens:** be, pull, keep, go, mean, move · **To what, where:** force, us, ground, Earth, something, Gravitation

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«gravitation» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [gravitation in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gravitation.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gravitation is the force by which everything with mass pulls on everything else; it keeps us on the ground and the Moon going round the Earth.

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravitation:m1:1
# text = Gravitation is the force by which everything with mass pulls on everything else; it keeps us on the ground and the Moon going round the Earth.
1	Gravitation	gravitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	nsubj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	pulls	pull	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
13	else	else	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
17	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
24	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	acl	_	_
25	round	round	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Gravitation | the force |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull** | present | everything |  |  |  |  | by the force; on everything | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on everything=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | present | Gravitation | us |  | the ground and the Moon |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent we=Theme on ground=Location |
| 4 | **go** | gerund | the ground and the Moon *not said here* |  |  | the Earth |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round earth=Initial\_Location |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gravitation can mean moving towards something or being drawn to it, like a gravitation of people towards cities.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravitation:m2:1
# text = Gravitation can mean moving towards something or being drawn to it, like a gravitation of people towards cities.
1	Gravitation	gravitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gravitation	gravitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
18	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Gravitation |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **move** *not said to happen* | gerund | Gravitation *not said here* |  |  | something |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards something=Trajectory |
| 3 | **draw** | gerund · passive | Gravitation *not said here* |  |  | Gravitation |  | like a gravitation of people towards cities | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to it=Destination |
| 4 | **gravitate** |  | people towards cities |  |  |  |  |  | nom gravitation «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gravitation keeps the planets moving round the Sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravitation:x1:1
# text = Gravitation keeps the planets moving round the Sun.
1	Gravitation	gravitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
6	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Gravitation | the planets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | the planets *not said here* |  |  |  | sunday |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Newton wrote about the law of gravitation.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravitation:x2:1
# text = Newton wrote about the law of gravitation.
1	Newton	Newton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gravitation	gravitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | Newton |  |  |  |  | about the law of gravitation | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about law=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gravitation pulls the apple down to the ground.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravitation:x3:1
# text = Gravitation pulls the apple down to the ground.
1	Gravitation	gravitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulls	pull	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull down** | present | Gravitation | the apple |  | the ground |  | down *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent apple=Theme to ground=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Moon's gravitation causes the tides.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravitation:x4:1
# text = The Moon's gravitation causes the tides.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	gravitation	gravitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | the Moon's gravitation | the tides |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tide=Patient |
| 2 | **gravitate** |  | the Moon |  |  |  |  |  | nom gravitation «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everything has gravitation, even you and me, but it is tiny.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravitation:x5:1
# text = Everything has gravitation, even you and me, but it is tiny.
1	Everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	gravitation	gravitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Everything | gravitation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | gravitation |  |  |  |  | tiny *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bigger objects have stronger gravitation.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravitation:x6:1
# text = Bigger objects have stronger gravitation.
1	Bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	gravitation	gravitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Bigger objects | stronger gravitation |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gravitation=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There was a gravitation of families towards the new park.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravitation:x7:1
# text = There was a gravitation of families towards the new park.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gravitation	gravitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a gravitation of families |  |  | there |  | towards the new park | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **gravitate** |  | families |  |  |  |  |  | nom gravitation «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Astronauts float because they are falling around the Earth, not because gravitation stops.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravitation:x8:1
# text = Astronauts float because they are falling around the Earth, not because gravitation stops.
1	Astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	float	float	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	around	around	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	gravitation	gravitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | Astronauts |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | present · progressive | Astronauts *= astronaut* |  |  | the Earth |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around earth=Location |
| 3 | **not** **stop** | present | gravitation |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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