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title: razed — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «razed» in the school dictionary: To raze a building is to pull it down or knock it flat, so that it is levelled with the ground. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# razed

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**Who acts:** fire, soldiers · **What happens:** raze, be, knock, levell · **To what, where:** building, barn, hut, old walls

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To raze a building is to pull it down or knock it flat, so that it is levelled with the ground.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:razed:m1:1
# text = To raze a building is to pull it down or knock it flat, so that it is levelled with the ground.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	raze	raze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	knock	knock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	19	mark	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	levelled	levell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raze** | to-infinitive |  | a building |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | pull *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **knock** | infinitive |  | building |  |  |  | flat *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 4 | **levell** | present · passive |  | building |  |  |  | with the ground | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fire razed the barn to the ground.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:razed:x1:1
# text = The fire razed the barn to the ground.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	razed	raze	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	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raze** | past | the fire | the barn |  |  |  | to the ground | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barn=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hut was razed to the ground.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:razed:x2:1
# text = The hut was razed to the ground.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	razed	raze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raze** | past · passive |  | the hut |  |  |  | to the ground | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The soldiers razed the old walls.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:razed:x3:1
# text = The soldiers razed the old walls.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	razed	raze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raze** | past | the soldiers | the old walls |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=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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