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title: jurisdiction — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «jurisdiction» in the school dictionary: The official power to make decisions and judgments about something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# jurisdiction

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**Who acts:** area, case, park, state, International Court, it · **What happens:** make, work, be, have, not be, say · **To what, where:** decisions, state, jurisdiction, separate jurisdiction, disputes, sheriff · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«jurisdiction» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: [jurisdiction in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jurisdiction.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: law — kept apart, not parsed.

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The official power to make decisions and judgments about something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jurisdiction:m1:1
# text = The official power to make decisions and judgments about something.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	decisions	decision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	judgments	judgment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | decisions and judgments |  |  |  | about something | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset decision=Product |

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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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An area or group over which such power works: a state, a country or a court.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jurisdiction:m2:1
# text = An area or group over which such power works: a state, a country or a court.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | a area over such power or group | a state  a country or a court |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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That case is outside the jurisdiction of this court.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jurisdiction:x1:1
# text = That case is outside the jurisdiction of this court.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	jurisdiction	jurisdiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that case |  |  |  |  | outside the jurisdiction; of this court | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The park is under the jurisdiction of the city council.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jurisdiction:x2:1
# text = The park is under the jurisdiction of the city council.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	jurisdiction	jurisdiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the park |  |  | the jurisdiction |  | of the city council | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Each state in the USA is a separate jurisdiction.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jurisdiction:x3:1
# text = Each state in the USA is a separate jurisdiction.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	jurisdiction	jurisdiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | each state in the USA | a separate jurisdiction |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The International Court has jurisdiction over some disputes between countries.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jurisdiction:x4:1
# text = The International Court has jurisdiction over some disputes between countries.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	International	International	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Court	Court	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	jurisdiction	jurisdiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the International Court | jurisdiction |  | some disputes between countries |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jurisdiction=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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«Sorry, it's not my jurisdiction,» said the sheriff.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jurisdiction:x5:1
# text = «Sorry, it's not my jurisdiction,» said the sheriff.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	jurisdiction	jurisdiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sheriff	sheriff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | my jurisdiction |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my jurisdiction | the sheriff |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sheriff=Topic |

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