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title: morality — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «morality» in the school dictionary: Morality is knowing what is right and wrong, and a set of rules about how people should behave. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# morality

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**Who acts:** Morality, people, Stories, fairy tale, gods · **What happens:** know, be, behave, teach, have · **To what, where:** set, morality, young children, clear morality, little morality · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Morality is knowing what is right and wrong, and a set of rules about how people should behave.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:morality:m1:1
# text = Morality is knowing what is right and wrong, and a set of rules about how people should behave.
1	Morality	morality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
15	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
17	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
18	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	behave	behave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present · progressive | Morality | a set of rules |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **behave** | should | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Stories can teach morality to young children.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:morality:x1:1
# text = Stories can teach morality to young children.
1	Stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	morality	morality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | can | Stories | morality | young children |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent morality=Topic to child=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The fairy tale has a clear morality: be honest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:morality:x2:1
# text = The fairy tale has a clear morality: be honest.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	morality	morality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	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 fairy tale | a clear morality |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent morality=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | the fairy tale *not said here* |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Homer's gods have little morality.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:morality:x3:1
# text = Homer's gods have little morality.
1	Homer	Homer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	morality	morality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Homer's gods | little morality |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent morality=Patient |

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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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