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title: sympathize — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sympathize» in the school dictionary: To sympathize is to feel for someone in trouble, or to understand their feelings. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sympathize

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**Who acts:** his, We · **What happens:** sympathize, be, understand, plan · **To what, where:** feelings, policeman, one

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To sympathize is to feel for someone in trouble, or to understand their feelings.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sympathize:m1:1
# text = To sympathize is to feel for someone in trouble, or to understand their feelings.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sympathize	sympathize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	understand	understand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sympathize** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for someone; feel *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **understand** | to-infinitive |  | their feelings |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer feeling=Stimulus |

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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}

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To sympathize with an idea is to support it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sympathize:m2:1
# text = To sympathize with an idea is to support it.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sympathize	sympathize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	support	support	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sympathize** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with a idea | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer with idea=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | support *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The policeman sympathized with the old man.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sympathize:x1:1
# text = The policeman sympathized with the old man.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	policeman	policeman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	sympathized	sympathize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sympathize** | participle |  | the policeman *not said here* |  |  |  | with the old man | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer with man=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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No one sympathized with his little plan.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sympathize:x2:1
# text = No one sympathized with his little plan.
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	sympathized	sympathize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sympathize** | participle |  | no one *not said here* |  |  |  | with his little plan | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer with plan=Stimulus |
| 2 | **plan** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We sympathize with you quite as much.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sympathize:x3:1
# text = We sympathize with you quite as much.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sympathize	sympathize	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sympathize** | present | We |  |  |  |  | with you | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer with you=Stimulus |

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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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