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title: abominable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «abominable» in the school dictionary: Abominable means very bad, hateful or extremely unpleasant. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# abominable

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**Who acts:** Abominable, trick, witch, It, weather, beetle · **What happens:** mean, be, trick, doubt, call · **To what, where:** poor, her, world · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«abominable» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [abominable in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/abominable.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Abominable means very bad, hateful or extremely unpleasant.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abominable:m1:1
# text = Abominable means very bad, hateful or extremely unpleasant.
1	Abominable	abominable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	hateful	hateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	extremely	extremely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Abominable |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

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Abominable can mean very poor or disagreeable, as in «abominable weather».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abominable:m2:1
# text = Abominable can mean very poor or disagreeable, as in «abominable weather».
1	Abominable	abominable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	disagreeable	disagreeable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	abominable	abominable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Abominable | poor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The witch's trick was abominable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abominable:x1:1
# text = The witch's trick was abominable.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	abominable	abominable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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** | past | the witch's trick |  |  |  |  | abominable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **trick** |  | the witch |  |  |  |  |  | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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It was abominable of him to doubt her.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abominable:x2:1
# text = It was abominable of him to doubt her.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	abominable	abominable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	doubt	doubt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | of him *= he*; abominable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **doubt** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The weather today is abominable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abominable:x3:1
# text = The weather today is abominable.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	abominable	abominable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the weather  today |  |  |  |  | abominable *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The beetle called the world an abominable place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:abominable:x4:1
# text = The beetle called the world an abominable place.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beetle	beetle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	abominable	abominable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle | the beetle *not said here* | the world |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent world=Recipient |

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