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title: acrimonious — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «acrimonious» in the school dictionary: Full of angry, bitter feelings and harsh words, usually about an argument, meeting or split. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# acrimonious

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**Who acts:** meeting, people, band, neighbours, debate, divorce · **What happens:** become, shout, have, stop, talk, be · **To what, where:** acrimonious split, acrimonious row

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«acrimonious» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [acrimonious in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/acrimonious.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Full of angry, bitter feelings and harsh words, usually about an argument, meeting or split.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acrimonious:m1:1
# text = Full of angry, bitter feelings and harsh words, usually about an argument, meeting or split.
1	Full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	split	split	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The meeting became acrimonious, and people shouted.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acrimonious:x1:1
# text = The meeting became acrimonious, and people shouted.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	acrimonious	acrimonious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the meeting |  |  |  |  | acrimonious *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The band had an acrimonious split.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acrimonious:x2:1
# text = The band had an acrimonious split.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	acrimonious	acrimonious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	split	split	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the band | a acrimonious split |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent split=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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After an acrimonious argument, the neighbours stopped talking.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acrimonious:x3:1
# text = After an acrimonious argument, the neighbours stopped talking.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	acrimonious	acrimonious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | the neighbours |  |  |  | after a acrimonious argument |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund | the neighbours *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The debate was long and acrimonious.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acrimonious:x4:1
# text = The debate was long and acrimonious.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	debate	debate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	acrimonious	acrimonious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the debate |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the debate *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Their divorce was acrimonious.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acrimonious:x5:1
# text = Their divorce was acrimonious.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	divorce	divorce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	acrimonious	acrimonious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Their divorce |  |  |  |  | acrimonious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **divorce** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom divorce «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The game ended in an acrimonious row about the score.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:acrimonious:x6:1
# text = The game ended in an acrimonious row about the score.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	acrimonious	acrimonious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past | the game |  |  | a acrimonious row about the score |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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