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title: unofficial — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unofficial» in the school dictionary: Not done or agreed by the people in charge; not formal or approved. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unofficial

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**Who acts:** unofficial result, team, He, We, unofficial club, It · **What happens:** not do, agree, approve, show, win, be · **To what, where:** unofficial class clown, unofficial club, lunch, unofficial world record, unofficial news · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not done or agreed by the people in charge; not formal or approved.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unofficial:m1:1
# text = Not done or agreed by the people in charge; not formal or approved.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	approved	approve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **approve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

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The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"an unofficial result", "an unofficial club".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unofficial:m1e:1
# text = "an unofficial result", "an unofficial club".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	unofficial	unofficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	unofficial	unofficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The unofficial result shows our team won.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unofficial:x1:1
# text = The unofficial result shows our team won.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unofficial	unofficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the unofficial result |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **win** | past | our team |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only download games from official stores, not unofficial websites.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unofficial:x2:1
# text = Only download games from official stores, not unofficial websites.
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	download	download	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stores	store	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	unofficial	unofficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	websites	website	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is the unofficial class clown.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unofficial:x3:1
# text = He is the unofficial class clown.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	unofficial	unofficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	clown	clown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | the unofficial class clown |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We have an unofficial club that meets at lunch.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unofficial:x4:1
# text = We have an unofficial club that meets at lunch.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	unofficial	unofficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	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** | present | We | a unofficial club |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient |
| 2 | **meet** | present | a unofficial club |  |  | lunch |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was an unofficial world record because no judge was there.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unofficial:x5:1
# text = It was an unofficial world record because no judge was there.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	unofficial	unofficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a unofficial world record |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | no judge | a unofficial world record *not said here* |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The unofficial news turned out to be wrong.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unofficial:x6:1
# text = The unofficial news turned out to be wrong.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unofficial	unofficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn out** | participle |  | the unofficial news *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

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