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title: vivify — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «vivify» in the school dictionary: To vivify is to bring to life or make lively and full of energy (rare, mostly in old tales). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# vivify

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**Who acts:** healing water, Spring sun, story · **What happens:** vivify, be, make, die · **To what, where:** dying hero, garden, old castle

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To vivify is to bring to life or make lively and full of energy (rare, mostly in old tales).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vivify:m1:1
# text = To vivify is to bring to life or make lively and full of energy (rare, mostly in old tales).
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	vivify	vivify	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	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	lively	lively	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vivify** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to life; bring *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | lively *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=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}

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The healing water can vivify the dying hero.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vivify:x1:1
# text = The healing water can vivify the dying hero.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	vivify	vivify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dying	die	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vivify** | can | the healing water | the dying hero |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spring sun vivifies the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vivify:x2:1
# text = Spring sun vivifies the garden.
1	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	vivifies	vivify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vivify** | present | Spring sun | the garden |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The story vivified the old castle for us.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vivify:x3:1
# text = The story vivified the old castle for us.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	vivified	vivify	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vivify** | past | the story | the old castle |  |  |  | for us | 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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