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title: abhorrence — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «abhorrence» in the school dictionary: Abhorrence is a deep feeling of hatred or disgust for something wrong or cruel. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# abhorrence

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**Who acts:** Abhorrence, She, His, Everyone · **What happens:** be, feel, make, abhor, show, hold · **To what, where:** deep feeling, abhorrence, him, lies, thief, faithful wife

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«abhorrence» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [abhorrence in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/abhorrence.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Abhorrence is a deep feeling of hatred or disgust for something wrong or cruel.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abhorrence:m1:1
# text = Abhorrence is a deep feeling of hatred or disgust for something wrong or cruel.
1	Abhorrence	abhorrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hatred	hatred	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	disgust	disgust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	nmod	_	_
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Abhorrence | a deep feeling or disgust for something |  |  |  | of hatred | tree rules |

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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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She felt abhorrence for the cruel steward.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abhorrence:x1:1
# text = She felt abhorrence for the cruel steward.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	abhorrence	abhorrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | She | abhorrence |  |  |  | for the cruel steward | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent abhorrence=Location for steward=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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His abhorrence of lies made him honest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abhorrence:x2:1
# text = His abhorrence of lies made him honest.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	abhorrence	abhorrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | His abhorrence of lies | him *= he* |  |  |  | honest *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |
| 2 | **abhor** |  | His *= he* | lies |  |  |  |  | nom abhorrence «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Everyone showed abhorrence at the thief.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abhorrence:x3:1
# text = Everyone showed abhorrence at the thief.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	abhorrence	abhorrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | Everyone | abhorrence |  | the thief |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent abhorrence=Recipient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The faithful wife held cheating in abhorrence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abhorrence:x4:1
# text = The faithful wife held cheating in abhorrence.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	cheating	cheat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	abhorrence	abhorrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | the faithful wife *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cheat** | gerund |  |  |  | abhorrence |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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