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title: humankind — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «humankind» in the school dictionary: All people together; the human race. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# humankind

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**Who acts:** invention, Scientists, Christians, God, Clean water, Landing · **What happens:** help, invent, study, believe, make, image · **To what, where:** humankind, wheel, history, image, moon, giant leap · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«humankind» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [humankind in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/humankind.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All people together; the human race.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humankind:m1:1
# text = All people together; the human race.
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The invention of the wheel helped all humankind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humankind:x1:1
# text = The invention of the wheel helped all humankind.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	invention	invention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	humankind	humankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | the invention of the wheel | all humankind |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent humankind=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **invent** |  |  | the wheel |  |  |  |  | nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Scientists study the history of humankind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humankind:x2:1
# text = Scientists study the history of humankind.
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	study	study	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	humankind	humankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	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** | present | Scientists | the history of humankind |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Christians believe that God made humankind in His image.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humankind:x3:1
# text = Christians believe that God made humankind in His image.
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	humankind	humankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **make** | past | God | humankind |  | God's image |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent humankind=Product |
| 3 | **image** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom image «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clean water is important for the future of humankind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humankind:x4:1
# text = Clean water is important for the future of humankind.
1	Clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	humankind	humankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Clean water |  |  |  |  | for the future of humankind; important *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Landing on the moon was a giant leap for humankind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humankind:x5:1
# text = Landing on the moon was a giant leap for humankind.
1	Landing	land	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	humankind	humankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | gerund |  |  |  | the moon |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on moon=Destination |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Landing | a giant leap |  |  |  | for humankind | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Music belongs to all humankind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humankind:x6:1
# text = Music belongs to all humankind.
1	Music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	humankind	humankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | Music |  |  |  |  | to all humankind | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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