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title: recruit — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «recruit» in the school dictionary: verb To find and get new people to join a group, team, army or company. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# recruit

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**Who acts:** new people, verb, football club, I, school, new recruit · **What happens:** find, get, join, help, recruit, clean · **To what, where:** new people, group, someone, you, sister, new players

<!-- .vabout -->
«recruit» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [recruit in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/recruit.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
verb To find and get new people to join a group, team, army or company.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recruit:m1:1
# text = verb To find and get new people to join a group, team, army or company.
1	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive |  | new people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **join** | to-infinitive | new people *not said here* | a group and team |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
noun A new member, especially of the army or police.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recruit:m2:1
# text = noun A new member, especially of the army or police.
1	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
verb (informal) To get someone to help you: «I recruited my sister to help clean.».

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recruit:m3:1
# text = verb (informal) To get someone to help you: «I recruited my sister to help clean.».
1	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	informal	informal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
5	To	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	recruited	recruit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	iobj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
19	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive | verb *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | verb *not said here* | someone *not said here* | you |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **recruit** *in a quote* | past | verb |  | my sister |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme |
| 4 | **help** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | verb *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 5 | **clean** *in a quote* | infinitive | verb *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The football club is recruiting new players.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recruit:x1:1
# text = The football club is recruiting new players.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	recruiting	recruit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recruit** | present · progressive | the football club | new players |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent player=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The army recruits trained hard at camp.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recruit:x2:1
# text = The army recruits trained hard at camp.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	recruits	recruit	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | present · passive |  | the army |  | camp |  | hard *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I recruited my friends to help with the bake sale.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recruit:x3:1
# text = I recruited my friends to help with the bake sale.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recruited	recruit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bake	bake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recruit** | past | I | my friends |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the bake sale | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with sale=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The school wants to recruit more volunteers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recruit:x4:1
# text = The school wants to recruit more volunteers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	recruit	recruit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	volunteers	volunteer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | the school |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **recruit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the school *not said here* | more volunteers |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volunteer=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was recruited as a lifeguard for the summer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recruit:x5:1
# text = She was recruited as a lifeguard for the summer.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	recruited	recruit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recruit** | past · passive |  | She |  |  | summer | as a lifeguard | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as lifeguard=Attribute |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The new recruit was nervous on his first day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recruit:x6:1
# text = The new recruit was nervous on his first day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	recruit	recruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	nervous	nervous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the new recruit |  |  |  | day | nervous *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was the colonel himself who came with the patrol, and he was not a little surprised when he found the recruit safe and sound.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recruit:x7:1
# text = It was the colonel himself who came with the patrol, and he was not a little surprised when he found the recruit safe and sound.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	colonel	colonel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	patrol	patrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	surprised	surprised	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
19	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	21	advmod	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	recruit	recruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	xcomp	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | the colonel |  |  |  | himself *= he* *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | the colonel |  |  |  |  | with the patrol | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | a little *obl:unmarked*; surprised *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **find** | past | he | the recruit |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recruit=Topic |

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