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title: rightness — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rightness» in the school dictionary: Rightness is the quality of being morally right, good or fair. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rightness

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**Who acts:** Rightness, We, She, her, formal judge, feeling · **What happens:** be, debate, keep, decide, think, fit · **To what, where:** quality, rightness, animals, zoos, action · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«rightness» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [rightness in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rightness.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Rightness is the quality of being morally right, good or fair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rightness:m1:1
# text = Rightness is the quality of being morally right, good or fair.
1	Rightness	rightness	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	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	morally	morally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Rightness | the quality |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | morally, right *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 -->
Rightness is also the quality of being correct or suitable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rightness:m2:1
# text = Rightness is also the quality of being correct or suitable.
1	Rightness	rightness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Rightness | the quality |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We debated the rightness of keeping animals in zoos.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rightness:x1:1
# text = We debated the rightness of keeping animals in zoos.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	debated	debate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rightness	rightness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	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 | **debate** | participle | We | the rightness |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rightness=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | gerund | the rightness *not said here* | animals |  | zoos |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent animal=Theme in zoo=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was sure of the rightness of her decision.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rightness:x2:1
# text = She was sure of the rightness of her decision.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rightness	rightness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | of the rightness of her decision; sure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **decide** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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(formal) The judge thought carefully about the rightness of the punishment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rightness:x3:1
# text = (formal) The judge thought carefully about the rightness of the punishment.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rightness	rightness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the formal judge |  |  |  |  | about the rightness of the punishment; carefully *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about rightness=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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There was a feeling of rightness when all the puzzle pieces fit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rightness:x4:1
# text = There was a feeling of rightness when all the puzzle pieces fit.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rightness	rightness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	puzzle	puzzle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a feeling of rightness |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fit** | present | all puzzle pieces |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Philosophers ask what gives an action its rightness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rightness:x5:1
# text = Philosophers ask what gives an action its rightness.
1	Philosophers	philosopher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	rightness	rightness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Philosophers |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | present |  | a action |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent action=Recipient rightness=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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He never doubted the rightness of standing up to the bully.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rightness:x6:1
# text = He never doubted the rightness of standing up to the bully.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	doubted	doubt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rightness	rightness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **doubt** | past | He | the rightness |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rightness=Theme |
| 2 | **stand up** | gerund | the rightness *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the bully | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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