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title: repatriation — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «repatriation» in the school dictionary: Sending or bringing someone back to their own country. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# repatriation

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**Who acts:** things, repatriation, museum, Many families, repatriation flight, refugees · **What happens:** send, bring, return, come, die, be · **To what, where:** someone, things, country, body, prisoners, ancient statue

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«repatriation» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [repatriation in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/repatriation.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sending or bringing someone back to their own country.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:repatriation:m1:1
# text = Sending or bringing someone back to their own country.
1	Sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bring** | gerund |  |  | someone |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument someone=Destination |

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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 -->
Returning things, like money or museum objects, to the country they came from.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:repatriation:m2:1
# text = Returning things, like money or museum objects, to the country they came from.
1	Returning	return	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | gerund |  | things |  |  |  | like money or museum objects | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past | things *= thing* | the country *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location country=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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Usage: euphemism-like, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bringing home the body of someone who died abroad, for a funeral.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:repatriation:m3:1
# text = Bringing home the body of someone who died abroad, for a funeral.
1	Bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | gerund |  | the body of someone |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent body=Theme |
| 2 | **die** | past |  |  |  |  |  | for a funeral; abroad *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for funeral=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After the war, there was a repatriation of prisoners.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:repatriation:x1:1
# text = After the war, there was a repatriation of prisoners.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
6	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	repatriation	repatriation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a repatriation of prisoners |  |  | there | after the war |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **repatriate** |  |  | prisoners |  |  |  |  | nom repatriation «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The museum agreed to the repatriation of the ancient statue.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:repatriation:x2:1
# text = The museum agreed to the repatriation of the ancient statue.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	repatriation	repatriation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | the museum |  |  |  |  | to the repatriation of the ancient statue | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **repatriate** |  |  | the ancient statue |  |  |  |  | nom repatriation «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Many families waited for the repatriation of their loved ones.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:repatriation:x3:1
# text = Many families waited for the repatriation of their loved ones.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	repatriation	repatriation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | Many families |  |  |  |  | for the repatriation of families's loved ones | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **love** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **repatriate** |  |  | families's loved ones |  |  |  |  | nom repatriation «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A repatriation flight brought the stranded tourists home.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:repatriation:x4:1
# text = A repatriation flight brought the stranded tourists home.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	repatriation	repatriation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	stranded	strand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	tourists	tourist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | a repatriation flight | the stranded tourists |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tourist=Theme |
| 2 | **strand** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Some refugees were afraid of repatriation to a dangerous country.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:repatriation:x5:1
# text = Some refugees were afraid of repatriation to a dangerous country.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	refugees	refugee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	repatriation	repatriation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **is** | past | some refugees |  |  |  |  | of repatriation; to a dangerous country; afraid *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The insurance covers repatriation if you fall ill abroad.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:repatriation:x6:1
# text = The insurance covers repatriation if you fall ill abroad.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	insurance	insurance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	covers	cover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	repatriation	repatriation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present | the insurance | repatriation |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme repatriation=Destination |
| 2 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | abroad, ill *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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