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title: servitude — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «servitude» in the school dictionary: Servitude is the state of being forced to work for someone else and having no freedom, like a slave. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# servitude

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**Who acts:** Servitude, state, people, heifer · **What happens:** be, force, work, have, live, walk · **To what, where:** state, freedom, servitude, neck

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Servitude is the state of being forced to work for someone else and having no freedom, like a slave.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:servitude:m1:1
# text = Servitude is the state of being forced to work for someone else and having no freedom, like a slave.
1	Servitude	servitude	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	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	_
12	else	else	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	like	like	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Servitude | the state |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **force** | gerund · passive |  | the state *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: clause=Topic |
| 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | the state *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for someone | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for someone=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **have** | gerund | the state *not said here* | no freedom |  |  |  | like a slave | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freedom=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 people lived in servitude to the cruel king.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:servitude:x1:1
# text = The people lived in servitude to the cruel king.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	servitude	servitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the people |  |  | servitude |  | to the cruel king | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in servitude=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The heifer walked free, with no marks of servitude on her neck.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:servitude:x2:1
# text = The heifer walked free, with no marks of servitude on her neck.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heifer	heifer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	servitude	servitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | the heifer |  |  | heifer's neck |  | with no marks of servitude; free *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on neck=Trajectory |
| 2 | **mark** |  |  | servitude |  |  |  |  | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Better servitude with safety than freedom with danger.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:servitude:x3:1
# text = Better servitude with safety than freedom with danger.
1	Better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	servitude	servitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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