civic Who acts: Voting, concert, town, Picking, mayor, we · What happens: do, be, vote, help, show, pick up · To what, where: community, civic duty, civic centre, great civic pride, litter, small civic act · Speech: someone speaks here
«civic» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: civic in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To do with a town or city and its official life, like a civic centre or civic building.
The tree, 18 words mark case det obl cc conj cc nmod:poss amod conj punct case det amod obl cc amod conj punct root To PART do VERB with ADP a DET town NOUN or CCONJ city NOUN and CCONJ its PRON official ADJ life NOUN , PUNCT like ADP a DET civic ADJ centre NOUN or CCONJ civic ADJ building NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 do mark 2 do do VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 with with ADP _ 5 town case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 town det 5 town town NOUN Number=Sing 2 do obl 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 city cc 7 city city NOUN Number=Sing 5 town conj 8 and and CCONJ _ 11 life cc 9 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 life nmod:poss 10 official official ADJ Degree=Pos 11 life amod 11 life life NOUN Number=Sing 5 town conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 centre punct 13 like like ADP _ 16 centre case 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 centre det 15 civic civic ADJ Degree=Pos 16 centre amod 16 centre centre NOUN Number=Sing 2 do obl 17 or or CCONJ _ 19 building cc 18 civic civic ADJ Degree=Pos 19 building amod 19 building building NOUN Number=Sing 16 centre conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 16 centre punct
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1 do to-infinitive with a town or city and city's official life; like a civic centre or civic building vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 To do with being a citizen and the duties of people in a community, like voting or helping.
The tree, 18 words mark case cop det obl cc det conj case nmod case det obl punct mark advcl cc conj punct root To PART do VERB with ADP being AUX a DET citizen NOUN and CCONJ the DET duties NOUN of ADP people NOUN in ADP a DET community NOUN , PUNCT like SCONJ voting VERB or CCONJ helping VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 do mark 2 do do VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 with with ADP _ 6 citizen case 4 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 citizen cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 citizen det 6 citizen citizen NOUN Number=Sing 2 do obl 7 and and CCONJ _ 9 duties cc 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 duties det 9 duties duty NOUN Number=Plur 6 citizen conj 10 of of ADP _ 11 people case 11 people people NOUN Number=Plur 9 duties nmod 12 in in ADP _ 14 community case 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 community det 14 community community NOUN Number=Sing 2 do obl 15 , , PUNCT _ 17 voting punct 16 like like SCONJ _ 17 voting mark 17 voting vote VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 do advcl 18 or or CCONJ _ 19 helping cc 19 helping help VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 17 voting conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 2 do punct
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1 do to-infinitive a community vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is gerund with a citizen and the duties of people tree rules 3 vote gerund vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 4 help gerund vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Voting is a civic duty.
nsubj cop det amod punct root Voting NOUN is AUX a DET civic ADJ duty NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Voting voting NOUN Number=Sing 5 duty nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 duty cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 duty det 4 civic civic ADJ Degree=Pos 5 duty amod 5 duty duty NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 duty punct
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1 is a present Voting a civic duty tree rules
Example 2 The concert is in the civic centre.
det nsubj cop case det amod punct root The DET concert NOUN is AUX in ADP the DET civic ADJ centre NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 concert det 2 concert concert NOUN Number=Sing 7 centre nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 centre cop 4 in in ADP _ 7 centre case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 centre det 6 civic civic ADJ Degree=Pos 7 centre amod 7 centre centre NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 centre punct
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1 is present the concert the civic centre tree rules
Example 3 The town showed great civic pride after the cleanup.
det nsubj amod amod obj case det obl punct root The DET town NOUN showed VERB great ADJ civic ADJ pride NOUN after ADP the DET cleanup NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 town det 2 town town NOUN Number=Sing 3 showed nsubj 3 showed show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 6 pride amod 5 civic civic ADJ Degree=Pos 6 pride amod 6 pride pride NOUN Number=Sing 3 showed obj 7 after after ADP _ 9 cleanup case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 cleanup det 9 cleanup cleanup NOUN Number=Sing 3 showed obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 showed punct
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1 show past the town great civic pride after the cleanup vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pride=Recipient
Example 4 Picking up litter is a small civic act.
csubj compound:prt obj cop det amod amod punct root Picking VERB up ADP litter NOUN is AUX a DET small ADJ civic ADJ act NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Picking pick VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 act csubj 2 up up ADP _ 1 Picking compound:prt 3 litter litter NOUN Number=Sing 1 Picking obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 act cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 act det 6 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 8 act amod 7 civic civic ADJ Degree=Pos 8 act amod 8 act act NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 act punct
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1 pick up gerund litter vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Topic 2 is a present Picking a small civic act tree rules
Example 5 The mayor and other civic leaders opened the park.
det nsubj cc amod amod conj det obj punct root The DET mayor NOUN and CCONJ other ADJ civic ADJ leaders NOUN opened VERB the DET park NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 mayor det 2 mayor mayor NOUN Number=Sing 7 opened nsubj 3 and and CCONJ _ 6 leaders cc 4 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 6 leaders amod 5 civic civic ADJ Degree=Pos 6 leaders amod 6 leaders leader NOUN Number=Plur 2 mayor conj 7 opened open VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 park det 9 park park NOUN Number=Sing 7 opened obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 opened punct
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1 open past the mayor and other civic leaders the park vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location park=Theme
Example 6 In civics class we learned how laws are made.
case compound obl nsubj advmod nsubj:pass aux:pass ccomp punct root In ADP civics NOUN class NOUN we PRON learned VERB how ADV laws NOUN are AUX made VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 class case 2 civics civic NOUN Number=Plur 3 class compound 3 class class NOUN Number=Sing 5 learned obl 4 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 learned nsubj 5 learned learn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 how how ADV PronType=Int 9 made advmod 7 laws law NOUN Number=Plur 9 made nsubj:pass 8 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 made aux:pass 9 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 learned ccomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 learned punct
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1 learn past we civics class vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 make present · passive laws vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
Example 7 The museum is a civic building, owned by the town.
det nsubj cop det amod punct acl case det obl punct root The DET museum NOUN is AUX a DET civic ADJ building NOUN , PUNCT owned VERB by ADP the DET town NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 museum det 2 museum museum NOUN Number=Sing 6 building nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 building cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 building det 5 civic civic ADJ Degree=Pos 6 building amod 6 building building NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 owned punct 8 owned own VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 building acl 9 by by ADP _ 11 town case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 town det 11 town town NOUN Number=Sing 8 owned obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 building punct
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1 is a present the museum a civic building tree rules 2 own participle a civic building not said here by the town vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
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