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title: relationship — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «relationship» in the school dictionary: A relationship is the way two or more people or groups feel about and behave towards each other. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# relationship

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**Who acts:** relationship, more people, way, I, graph, two brothers · **What happens:** be, feel, behave, connect, have, build · **To what, where:** way, two things, family connection, romantic friendship, good relationship, Healthy relationships

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«relationship» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: [relationship in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/relationship.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A relationship is the way two or more people or groups feel about and behave towards each other.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relationship:m1:1
# text = A relationship is the way two or more people or groups feel about and behave towards each other.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
13	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	behave	behave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
16	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	15	obl	_	_
18	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a relationship | the way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | present | more people or groups |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **behave** | present | more people or groups *not said here* |  |  |  |  | towards each | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A relationship is the way two things are connected.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relationship:m2:1
# text = A relationship is the way two things are connected.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	connected	connect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a relationship | the way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **connect** | present · passive | the way *not said here* | two things |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A relationship can be a family connection, such as being cousins.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relationship:m3:1
# text = A relationship can be a family connection, such as being cousins.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	connection	connection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
12	cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a relationship | a family connection and cousins |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | a relationship *not said here* |  |  |  |  | such cousins | tree rules |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A relationship can be a romantic friendship between two people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relationship:m4:1
# text = A relationship can be a romantic friendship between two people.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	romantic	romantic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a relationship | a romantic friendship |  |  |  | between two people | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I have a good relationship with my grandparents.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relationship:x1:1
# text = I have a good relationship with my grandparents.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | I | a good relationship |  |  |  | with my grandparents | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relationship=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What is the relationship between height and shoe size?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relationship:x2:1
# text = What is the relationship between height and shoe size?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the relationship between height and shoe size |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Healthy relationships are built on trust.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relationship:x3:1
# text = Healthy relationships are built on trust.
1	Healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	relationships	relationship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present · passive |  | Healthy relationships |  | trust |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme on trust=Source |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The graph shows the relationship between time and distance.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relationship:x4:1
# text = The graph shows the relationship between time and distance.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	graph	graph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the graph | the relationship and distance |  |  | between time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent relationship=Recipient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The two brothers have a close relationship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relationship:x5:1
# text = The two brothers have a close relationship.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the two brothers | a close relationship |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relationship=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cats and dogs don't always have an easy relationship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relationship:x6:1
# text = Cats and dogs don't always have an easy relationship.
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | Cats and dogs | a easy relationship |  |  |  | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relationship=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Vambagen, the Brazilian historian (now Visconde de Rio Branco), tried to prove a relationship between the ancient Egyptians, or other Turanian stock, and the Tupi Indians.

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relationship:x7:1
# text = Vambagen, the Brazilian historian (now Visconde de Rio Branco), tried to prove a relationship between the ancient Egyptians, or other Turanian stock, and the Tupi Indians.
1	Vambagen	Vambagen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Brazilian	Brazilian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	historian	historian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	Visconde	Visconde	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
10	Rio	Rio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
11	Branco	Branco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
14	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	between	between	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	Egyptians	Egyptian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
24	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
25	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
26	Turanian	turanian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	stock	stock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	Tupi	Tupi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	Indians	Indian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | Vambagen | the Tupi Indians |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **prove** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Vambagen *not said here* | a relationship or other Turanian stock |  |  |  | between the ancient Egyptians | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relationship=Theme |

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