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title: propitiate — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «propitiate» in the school dictionary: To make a god, spirit or angry person calm and friendly again, often by gifts or sacrifices. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# propitiate

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**Who acts:** sailors, They, sacrifice, king · **What happens:** make, give, propitiate, try, sacrifice · **To what, where:** god, gifts, sea god, sacrifice, angry goddess, giant

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«propitiate» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [propitiate in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/propitiate.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To make a god, spirit or angry person calm and friendly again, often by gifts or sacrifices.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:propitiate:m1:1
# text = To make a god, spirit or angry person calm and friendly again, often by gifts or sacrifices.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	often	often	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	sacrifices	sacrifice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a god and spirit or angry person |  |  | again | by gifts or sacrifices; calm *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset god=Product |

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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 sailors gave gifts to propitiate the sea god.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:propitiate:x1:1
# text = The sailors gave gifts to propitiate the sea god.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	propitiate	propitiate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the sailors | gifts |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |
| 2 | **propitiate** | to-infinitive | the sailors *not said here* | the sea god |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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They made a sacrifice to propitiate the angry goddess.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:propitiate:x2:1
# text = They made a sacrifice to propitiate the angry goddess.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	propitiate	propitiate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | They | a sacrifice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **propitiate** | to-infinitive | a sacrifice *not said here* | the angry goddess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The king tried to propitiate the giant with gold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:propitiate:x3:1
# text = The king tried to propitiate the giant with gold.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	propitiate	propitiate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **propitiate** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the giant |  |  |  | with gold | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Before the voyage, they sacrificed a lamb to propitiate Neptune.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:propitiate:x4:1
# text = Before the voyage, they sacrificed a lamb to propitiate Neptune.
1	Before	before	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sacrificed	sacrifice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	propitiate	propitiate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	Neptune	Neptune	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sacrifice** | past | they | a lamb |  |  | before the voyage |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent lamb=Theme |
| 2 | **propitiate** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | Neptune |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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