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title: respectability — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «respectability» in the school dictionary: Being respected by others, and having a good name in the eyes of society. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# respectability

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**Who acts:** others, family, She · **What happens:** respect, have, care, want · **To what, where:** good name, eyes, great deal, respectability

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«respectability» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [respectability in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/respectability.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Being respected by others, and having a good name in the eyes of society.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:respectability:m1:1
# text = Being respected by others, and having a good name in the eyes of society.
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	respected	respect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	society	society	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respect** | gerund · passive | others |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **have** | gerund | others *not said here* | a good name |  | the eyes of society |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient |

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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}

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The family cared a great deal for respectability.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:respectability:x1:1
# text = The family cared a great deal for respectability.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cared	care	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	respectability	respectability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | past | the family | a great deal |  |  |  | for respectability | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She wanted respectability more than fun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:respectability:x2:1
# text = She wanted respectability more than fun.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	respectability	respectability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	obj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She | respectability |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent respectability=Theme more=Attribute |

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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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