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title: intercourse — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «intercourse» in the school dictionary: Friendly dealings and contact between people, families or peoples, meeting and talking together. (Other meanings are for older readers.). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# intercourse

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**Who acts:** Other meanings, families, Trade · **What happens:** meet, talk, be, have, keep up, make up · **To what, where:** friendly intercourse, two kingdoms, intercourse

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Friendly dealings and contact between people, families or peoples, meeting and talking together. (Other meanings are for older readers.).

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*Sentence 1:* Friendly dealings and contact between people, families or peoples, meeting and talking together.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intercourse:m1:1
# text = Friendly dealings and contact between people, families or peoples, meeting and talking together.
1	Friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dealings	dealing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	meeting	meet	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	appos	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	conj	_	_
15	together	together	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (Other meanings are for older readers.).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intercourse:m1:2
# text = (Other meanings are for older readers.).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	meanings	meaning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Other meanings |  |  |  |  | for older readers | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Our families have had friendly intercourse for many years.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intercourse:x1:1
# text = Our families have had friendly intercourse for many years.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	intercourse	intercourse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · perfect | Our families | friendly intercourse |  |  | year |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intercourse=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The two kingdoms kept up a peaceful intercourse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intercourse:x2:1
# text = The two kingdoms kept up a peaceful intercourse.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	intercourse	intercourse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **keep up** | participle · passive |  | the two kingdoms |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Trade and talk made up their intercourse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intercourse:x3:1
# text = Trade and talk made up their intercourse.
1	Trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	intercourse	intercourse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make up** | participle | Trade *not said here* | their intercourse |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme intercourse=Pivot |

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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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