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title: retirement — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «retirement» in the school dictionary: Retirement is the time when a person stops working for good, usually because they are older. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# retirement

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**Who acts:** Retirement, person, they, someone, sport retirement, Grandpa · **What happens:** be, stop, work, play, enjoy, fish · **To what, where:** time, retirement, retirement party, early retirement, world, money

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Retirement is the time when a person stops working for good, usually because they are older.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retirement:m1:1
# text = Retirement is the time when a person stops working for good, usually because they are older.
1	Retirement	retirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Retirement | the time |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **work** | gerund | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for good | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for good=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | old, usually *property* | tree rules |

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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 -->
Retirement is the time of life after someone has stopped working.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retirement:m2:1
# text = Retirement is the time of life after someone has stopped working.
1	Retirement	retirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Retirement | the time |  |  |  | of life | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | present · perfect | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **work** | gerund | someone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In sport, retirement is when a player stops playing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retirement:m3:1
# text = In sport, retirement is when a player stops playing.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	retirement	retirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | sport retirement |  |  |  |  | stop *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | sport retirement *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandpa enjoys his retirement by fishing every day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retirement:x1:1
# text = Grandpa enjoys his retirement by fishing every day.
1	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	enjoys	enjoy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	retirement	retirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fishing	fish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | present | Grandpa | Grandpa's retirement |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer retirement=Stimulus |
| 2 | **fish** | gerund | Grandpa *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **retire** |  | Grandpa |  |  |  |  |  | nom retirement «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We had a retirement party for our head teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retirement:x2:1
# text = We had a retirement party for our head teacher.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	retirement	retirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | We | a retirement party |  |  |  | for our head teacher | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She took early retirement to travel the world.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retirement:x3:1
# text = She took early retirement to travel the world.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	retirement	retirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	travel	travel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | She | early retirement |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent retirement=Theme |
| 2 | **travel** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the world |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme world=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The footballer announced his retirement.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retirement:x4:1
# text = The footballer announced his retirement.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	footballer	footballer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	announced	announce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	retirement	retirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | past | the footballer | footballer's retirement |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent retirement=Theme |
| 2 | **retire** |  | footballer |  |  |  |  |  | nom retirement «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nan moved into a retirement home near the sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retirement:x5:1
# text = Nan moved into a retirement home near the sea.
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	retirement	retirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | Nan |  |  | a retirement |  | near the sea; home *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into retirement=Source near sea=Trajectory |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
People often save money for their retirement.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retirement:x6:1
# text = People often save money for their retirement.
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	often	often	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	save	save	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	retirement	retirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | present | People | money |  |  |  | for People's retirement; often *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme for retirement=Source |
| 2 | **retire** |  | People |  |  |  |  |  | nom retirement «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
As for the Hippogriff, he accepted the position of the King's Own Rocking Horse--a situation left vacant by the retirement of the wooden one.

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:retirement:x7:1
# text = As for the Hippogriff, he accepted the position of the King's Own Rocking Horse--a situation left vacant by the retirement of the wooden one.
1	As	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	4	case	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Hippogriff	Hippogriff	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	Own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	Rocking	rocking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
20	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
21	vacant	vacant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	xcomp	_	_
22	by	by	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	retirement	retirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | past | Hippogriff | the position of the King's Own Rocking Horse |  |  |  | as the Hippogriff | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent position=Theme as hippogriff=Attribute |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  | a situation *not said here* |  |  |  | by the retirement of the wooden one; vacant *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by retirement=Location |
| 3 | **retire** |  | the wooden one |  |  |  |  |  | nom retirement «state intransitive»: of=agent |

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