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title: omission — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «omission» in the school dictionary: Something that has been left out or not done. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# omission

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**Who acts:** act, apostrophe, Leaving, omission, you, your · **What happens:** leave out, not do, leave, omit, show, be · **To what, where:** something, word, omission, letter, her, list · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«omission» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [omission in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/omission.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Something that has been left out or not done.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omission:m1:1
# text = Something that has been left out or not done.
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | present · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **do** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 -->
The act of leaving something out (the omission of a word).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omission:m2:1
# text = The act of leaving something out (the omission of a word).
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	omission	omission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund | the act *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 2 | **omit** |  |  | a word |  |  |  |  | nom omission «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In "don't", the apostrophe shows the omission of the letter "o".

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omission:x1:1
# text = In "don't", the apostrophe shows the omission of the letter "o".
1	In	in	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	apostrophe	apostrophe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	omission	omission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	o	o	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | the apostrophe *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **show** | present | the apostrophe | the omission of the letter |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent omission=Recipient |
| 3 | **omit** |  |  | the letter |  |  |  |  | nom omission «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leaving her off the list was an omission.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omission:x2:1
# text = Leaving her off the list was an omission.
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	omission	omission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | her *= she* |  | the list |  |  | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme she=Source off list=Destination |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Leaving | a omission |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The omission of a zero made the answer wrong.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omission:x3:1
# text = The omission of a zero made the answer wrong.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	omission	omission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	zero	zero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the omission of a zero | the answer |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset answer=Product |
| 2 | **omit** |  |  | a zero |  |  |  |  | nom omission «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Check your work for omissions.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omission:x4:1
# text = Check your work for omissions.
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	omissions	omission	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | your work |  |  |  | for omissions | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent work=Theme for omission=Attribute |
| 2 | **work** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The omission of the safety rules was a mistake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omission:x5:1
# text = The omission of the safety rules was a mistake.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	omission	omission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mistake	mistake	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** | past | the omission of the safety rules | a mistake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **omit** |  |  | the safety rules |  |  |  |  | nom omission «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teacher noticed the omission of one question.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omission:x6:1
# text = The teacher noticed the omission of one question.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	omission	omission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past | the teacher | the omission of one question |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer omission=Stimulus |
| 2 | **omit** |  |  | one question |  |  |  |  | nom omission «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
With a peculiar omission of syllables, he said: “Shu... hi pi!”

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omission:x7:1
# text = With a peculiar omission of syllables, he said: “Shu... hi pi!”
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	peculiar	peculiar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	omission	omission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	syllables	syllable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Shu	shu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	...	...	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	hi	hi	ADJ	JJ	_	15	amod	_	_
15	pi	pi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | Shu |  |  |  | with a peculiar omission of syllables | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent shu=Theme with omission=Manner |
| 2 | **omit** |  |  | syllables |  |  |  |  | nom omission «act transitive»: of=patient |

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