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title: politic — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «politic» in the school dictionary: Wise and careful in what one does, so as to get on well and avoid trouble. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# politic

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**Who acts:** one, They, Little Klaus, that, It, king · **What happens:** do, get on, avoid, be, say, speak · **To what, where:** trouble, politic race, politic, nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Wise and careful in what one does, so as to get on well and avoid trouble.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:politic:m1:1
# text = Wise and careful in what one does, so as to get on well and avoid trouble.
1	Wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obl	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
13	on	on	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
17	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get on** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **avoid** | infinitive |  | trouble |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent trouble=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clever in a sly way, sometimes a little unfair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:politic:m2:1
# text = Clever in a sly way, sometimes a little unfair.
1	Clever	Clever	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sly	sly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were a very politic race.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:politic:x1:1
# text = They were a very politic race.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	politic	politic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | They | a politic race |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
'Oh!' said Little Klaus, 'that was just so politic of me.'

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:politic:x2:1
# text = 'Oh!' said Little Klaus, 'that was just so politic of me.'
1	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
9	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	politic	politic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Little Klaus |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | that | politic |  |  |  | of me | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was politic to say nothing until the king had spoken.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:politic:x3:1
# text = It was politic to say nothing until the king had spoken.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	politic	politic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | politic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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