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title: redress — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «redress» in the school dictionary: To put right an unfair or harmful state of things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# redress

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**Who acts:** judge, teacher, Jupiter · **What happens:** put, make, balance, take, give, redress · **To what, where:** unfair state, two things, one side, other, wrong, unfair test

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To put right an unfair or harmful state of things.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:redress:m1:1
# text = To put right an unfair or harmful state of things.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	harmful	harmful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | to-infinitive |  | a unfair state of things |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent state=Goal |

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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}

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To make two things balanced again, as by taking from one side and giving to the other.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:redress:m2:1
# text = To make two things balanced again, as by taking from one side and giving to the other.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	balanced	balance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | two things |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product |
| 2 | **balance** | participle |  | two things *not said here* |  |  | again |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | gerund |  |  |  | one side |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from side=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **give** | gerund |  |  | the other |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to other=Recipient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The judge will redress the wrong done to the family.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:redress:x1:1
# text = The judge will redress the wrong done to the family.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	redress	redress	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **redress** | future | the judge | the wrong |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | participle | the judge *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the family | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The teacher gave extra time to redress the unfair test.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:redress:x2:1
# text = The teacher gave extra time to redress the unfair test.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	redress	redress	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the teacher |  |  |  | time |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **redress** | to-infinitive | the teacher *not said here* | the unfair test |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent test=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Jupiter bade him redress the balance between people and beasts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:redress:x3:1
# text = Jupiter bade him redress the balance between people and beasts.
1	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bade	bade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	redress	redress	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	balance	balance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bade** | past | Jupiter | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **redress** | infinitive | Jupiter *not said here* | the balance |  |  |  | between people and beasts | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent balance=Recipient |

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