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title: moralise — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «moralise» in the school dictionary: To moralise is to talk or write about right and wrong, often in a preachy way, drawing a lesson from a story. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# moralise

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**Who acts:** teacher, old tale, you, I · **What happens:** moralise, be, write, draw, tell, not moralise · **To what, where:** preachy way, lesson, story, truth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To moralise is to talk or write about right and wrong, often in a preachy way, drawing a lesson from a story.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moralise:m1:1
# text = To moralise is to talk or write about right and wrong, often in a preachy way, drawing a lesson from a story.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	moralise	moralise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	often	often	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	preachy	preachy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **moralise** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | talk *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **write** | infinitive |  |  |  | a preachy way |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in way=Destination |
| 4 | **draw** | gerund |  | a lesson |  | a story |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent lesson=Theme from story=Initial\_Location |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The teacher moralised about telling the truth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moralise:x1:1
# text = The teacher moralised about telling the truth.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moralised	moralise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **moralise** | past | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | the teacher *not said here* | the truth |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The old tale moralises: be kind to all.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moralise:x2:1
# text = The old tale moralises: be kind to all.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	moralises	moralise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	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 | **moralise** | present | the old tale |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | the old tale *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to all; kind *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Don't moralise at me; I know what is right.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moralise:x3:1
# text = Don't moralise at me; I know what is right.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	moralise	moralise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **moralise** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at me | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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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