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title: posterity — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «posterity» in the school dictionary: All the people who will live in the future, long after us; the children and grandchildren still to come. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# posterity

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**Who acts:** people, king, We, posterity · **What happens:** live, come, say, not lose, be, shine · **To what, where:** children, future, tale, posterity, things · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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All the people who will live in the future, long after us; the children and grandchildren still to come.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:posterity:m1:1
# text = All the people who will live in the future, long after us; the children and grandchildren still to come.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	grandchildren	grandchild	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
19	still	still	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | future | all people | the children and grandchildren |  | the future |  | long *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in future=Location |
| 2 | **come** | to-infinitive | all people *not said here* | the children and grandchildren *not said here* |  |  | still |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 king said the tale must not be lost to posterity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:posterity:x1:1
# text = The king said the tale must not be lost to posterity.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	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	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	posterity	posterity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **lose** | must · passive |  | the tale |  |  |  | to posterity | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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What is good will shine brightly through posterity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:posterity:x2:1
# text = What is good will shine brightly through posterity.
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	csubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	shine	shine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	brightly	brightly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	posterity	posterity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shine** | future |  |  |  | posterity |  | brightly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We write things down so that posterity can read them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:posterity:x3:1
# text = We write things down so that posterity can read them.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	write	write	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	posterity	posterity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write down** | present | We | things |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 2 | **read** | can | posterity | things *= thing* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |

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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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