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title: justice — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «justice» in the school dictionary: Justice is fairness: treating people in a fair and right way. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# justice

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**Who acts:** Justice fairness, Justice, country, Everyone, police, hero · **What happens:** be, treat, use, deal, do, mean · **To what, where:** Justice fairness, people, fair way, system, punishments, judge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«justice» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: [justice in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/justice.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Justice is fairness: treating people in a fair and right way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:justice:m1:1
# text = Justice is fairness: treating people in a fair and right way.
1	Justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fairness	fairness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	treating	treat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Justice fairness |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **treat** | gerund | Justice fairness |  | people | a fair way |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
Justice is the system of laws, courts and punishments that a country uses to deal with crimes.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:justice:m2:1
# text = Justice is the system of laws, courts and punishments that a country uses to deal with crimes.
1	Justice	justice	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	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	punishments	punishment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	deal	deal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	crimes	crime	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Justice | the system |  |  |  | of laws and courts and punishments | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | present | a country | punishments |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent that=Theme clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **deal** | to-infinitive | a country *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with crimes | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with crime=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A justice is a judge, especially in a high court; a Justice of the Peace is a local judge.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:justice:m3:1
# text = A justice is a judge, especially in a high court; a Justice of the Peace is a local judge.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Justice	Justice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a justice | a judge |  | a high court |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a Justice of the Peace | a local judge |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Do something justice» or «do justice to» means show it as well as it deserves.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:justice:m4:1
# text = «Do something justice» or «do justice to» means show it as well as it deserves.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	nsubj	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	compound	_	_
4	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
12	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	19	cc	_	_
16	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	fixed	_	_
17	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	deserves	deserve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | something justice |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent justice=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | justice |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent justice=Eventuality |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **show** | infinitive |  | justice |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 5 | **deserve** | present | justice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everyone deserves justice and fair treatment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:justice:x1:1
# text = Everyone deserves justice and fair treatment.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	deserves	deserve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | present | Everyone | justice and fair treatment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The police brought the robbers to justice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:justice:x2:1
# text = The police brought the robbers to justice.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | the police | the robbers |  | justice |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent robber=Theme to justice=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hero wanted justice for his village.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:justice:x3:1
# text = The hero wanted justice for his village.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the hero | justice |  |  |  | for hero's village | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot justice=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The photo doesn't do justice to the beautiful view.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:justice:x4:1
# text = The photo doesn't do justice to the beautiful view.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | present · do-support | the photo | justice |  |  |  | to the beautiful view | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent justice=Eventuality |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Martin Luther King fought for justice for all people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:justice:x5:1
# text = Martin Luther King fought for justice for all people.
1	Martin	Martin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Luther	Luther	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | Martin |  |  |  |  | for justice; for all people | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The justice system includes police, courts and prisons.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:justice:x6:1
# text = The justice system includes police, courts and prisons.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	includes	include	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	prisons	prison	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **include** | present | the justice system | police and courts and prisons |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent police=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Justice read out the court's decision.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:justice:x7:1
# text = The Justice read out the court's decision.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Justice	Justice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read out** | past | the Justice | the court's decision |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decision=Topic |
| 2 | **decide** |  | the court |  |  |  |  |  | nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"And he shall have justice!" said the third.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:justice:x8:1
# text = "And he shall have justice!" said the third.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
6	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | he | justice |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent justice=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past |  | the third |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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