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title: transact — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «transact» in the school dictionary: To carry out a piece of business, such as buying, selling or paying (a formal word). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# transact

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**Who acts:** farmer, two merchants, shops · **What happens:** carry out, buy, sell, pay, go, transact · **To what, where:** piece, formal word, town, business, sale

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To carry out a piece of business, such as buying, selling or paying (a formal word).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:transact:m1:1
# text = To carry out a piece of business, such as buying, selling or paying (a formal word).
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry out** | to-infinitive |  | a piece of business |  |  |  |  | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Eventuality |
| 2 | **buy** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **pay** | gerund |  | a formal word |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Asset |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farmer went to town to transact his business.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:transact:x1:1
# text = The farmer went to town to transact his business.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	transact	transact	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the farmer |  |  | town |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **transact** | to-infinitive | the farmer *not said here* | farmer's business |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The two merchants transacted the sale of the cows.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:transact:x2:1
# text = The two merchants transacted the sale of the cows.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	transacted	transact	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transact** | past | the two merchants | the sale of the cows |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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No business was transacted that day because the shops were shut.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:transact:x3:1
# text = No business was transacted that day because the shops were shut.
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	transacted	transact	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transact** | past · passive |  | no business |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the shops |  |  |  |  | shut *property* | tree rules |

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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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