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title: aggravation — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «aggravation» in the school dictionary: Annoyance, irritation or anger caused by something that keeps bothering you. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# aggravation

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**Who acts:** Vivien, delay, Noisy neighbours · **What happens:** cause, keep, bother, make, be · **To what, where:** anger, you, bad situation, great aggravation, aggravation

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Annoyance, irritation or anger caused by something that keeps bothering you.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aggravation:m1:1
# text = Annoyance, irritation or anger caused by something that keeps bothering you.
1	Annoyance	annoyance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	irritation	irritation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl:agent	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	bothering	bother	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | participle |  | anger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **keep** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bother** | gerund |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |

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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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Something that makes a bad situation worse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aggravation:m2:1
# text = Something that makes a bad situation worse.
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present |  | a bad situation |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset situation=Product |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Prince Vivien was wild with aggravation.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aggravation:x1:1
# text = Prince Vivien was wild with aggravation.
1	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	Vivien	Vivien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	aggravation	aggravation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	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 | Vivien  Prince |  |  |  |  | with aggravation; wild *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The delay was a great aggravation to the Prince.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aggravation:x2:1
# text = The delay was a great aggravation to the Prince.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	aggravation	aggravation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the delay | a great aggravation |  |  |  | to the Prince | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Noisy neighbours are an aggravation.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aggravation:x3:1
# text = Noisy neighbours are an aggravation.
1	Noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	aggravation	aggravation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 a** | present | Noisy neighbours | a aggravation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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