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title: utilize — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «utilize» in the school dictionary: To utilize something is to make use of it for a useful purpose. (British spelling: utilise). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# utilize

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**Who acts:** taught mankind · **What happens:** utilize, be, use, utilise, suppose, have · **To what, where:** something, use, Aristaeus, taught mankind, bees, honey

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«utilize» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: [utilize in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/utilize.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To utilize something is to make use of it for a useful purpose. (British spelling: utilise).

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*Sentence 1:* To utilize something is to make use of it for a useful purpose.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:utilize:m1:1
# text = To utilize something is to make use of it for a useful purpose.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	utilize	utilize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **utilize** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for a useful purpose; make *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** |  |  | use |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=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.

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*Sentence 2:* (British spelling: utilise).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:utilize:m1:2
# text = (British spelling: utilise).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	utilise	utilise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **utilise** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Aristaeus was supposed to have taught mankind how to catch bees, and to utilize honey and wax.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:utilize:x1:1
# text = Aristaeus was supposed to have taught mankind how to catch bees, and to utilize honey and wax.
1	Aristaeus	Aristaeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	mankind	mankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
11	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	utilize	utilize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
16	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suppose** | past · passive |  | Aristaeus |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive |  | taught mankind |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **teach** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **catch** | to-infinitive | taught mankind *not said here* | bees |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Theme |
| 5 | **utilize** | to-infinitive |  | honey and wax |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Theme |

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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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