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title: investing — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «investing» in the school dictionary: Investing is putting money into something, like a business, shares or property, hoping it will grow and bring back more money later. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# investing

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**Who acts:** money, Investing, you, effort, Mum, He · **What happens:** invest, put, hope, grow, bring back, spend · **To what, where:** money, something, effort, someone, power, them · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«investing» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [investing in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/investing.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: money — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Investing is putting money into something, like a business, shares or property, hoping it will grow and bring back more money later.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:investing:m1:1
# text = Investing is putting money into something, like a business, shares or property, hoping it will grow and bring back more money later.
1	Investing	invest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	putting	put	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	shares	share	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	hoping	hope	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	ccomp	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
22	back	back	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
23	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	24	amod	_	_
24	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
25	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invest** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **put** | present · progressive |  | money |  | something |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent money=Goal |
| 3 | **hope** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **grow** | future | money |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **bring back** | infinitive | money *not said here* |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Investing time or effort is spending it on something because you expect it to be worth it.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:investing:m2:1
# text = Investing time or effort is spending it on something because you expect it to be worth it.
1	Investing	invest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	spending	spend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	expect	expect	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invest** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **spend** | present · progressive | Investing | effort |  |  |  | on something *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Asset on something=Goal |
| 3 | **expect** | present | you | effort |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | effort *not said here* |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Investing someone with power means giving them that power or an official title.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:investing:m3:1
# text = Investing someone with power means giving them that power or an official title.
1	Investing	invest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	det	_	_
9	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invest** | gerund |  |  | someone |  |  | with power | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient with power=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Investing |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **give** *not said to happen* | gerund | Investing *not said here* | that power or a official title | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient power=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum is investing some money for my future.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:investing:x1:1
# text = Mum is investing some money for my future.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	investing	invest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invest** | present · progressive | Mum | some money |  |  |  | for my future | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent money=Goal |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Investing in shares can make or lose money.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:investing:x2:1
# text = Investing in shares can make or lose money.
1	Investing	invest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	shares	share	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invest** | gerund |  |  |  | shares |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | can | Investing |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **lose** | infinitive | Investing *not said here* | money |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is investing a lot of time in learning the piano.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:investing:x3:1
# text = He is investing a lot of time in learning the piano.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	investing	invest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invest** | present · progressive | He | a lot of time |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent lot=Goal |
| 2 | **learn** | gerund | time *not said here* | the piano |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piano=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The council is investing in new playgrounds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:investing:x4:1
# text = The council is investing in new playgrounds.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	investing	invest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	playgrounds	playground	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invest** | present · progressive | the council |  |  | new playgrounds |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Investing early gives money more time to grow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:investing:x5:1
# text = Investing early gives money more time to grow.
1	Investing	invest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invest** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | present | Investing | money |  |  | time |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 3 | **grow** | to-infinitive | Investing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our school is investing in new computers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:investing:x6:1
# text = Our school is investing in new computers.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	investing	invest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invest** | present · progressive | Our school |  |  | new computers |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
With the assistance of the Cyclops, he forged for Zeus his wonderful thunderbolts, thus investing his mighty father with a new power of terrible import.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:investing:x7:1
# text = With the assistance of the Cyclops, he forged for Zeus his wonderful thunderbolts, thus investing his mighty father with a new power of terrible import.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Cyclops	cyclops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	forged	forge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	thunderbolts	thunderbolt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	investing	invest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	import	import	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forge** | past | he | Zeus's wonderful thunderbolts |  |  |  | with the assistance of the Cyclops; for Zeus | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent thunderbolt=Product for zeus=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **invest** | gerund | he *not said here* |  | Zeus's mighty father |  |  | with a new power of terrible import; thus *property* | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent father=Recipient with power=Theme |
| 3 | **assist** |  |  | the Cyclops |  |  |  |  | nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient |

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