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title: anguish — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «anguish» in the school dictionary: Anguish is very great pain or sorrow of the mind or heart. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# anguish

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**Who acts:** Anguish, She, storm, His, Fionn · **What happens:** be, weep, grow, come, anguish, cry out · **To what, where:** great pain, anguish

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Anguish is very great pain or sorrow of the mind or heart.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anguish:m1:1
# text = Anguish is very great pain or sorrow of the mind or heart.
1	Anguish	anguish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Anguish | great pain or sorrow |  |  |  | of the mind or heart | 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 wept in anguish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anguish:x1:1
# text = She wept in anguish.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	anguish	anguish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | She |  |  |  |  | in anguish | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in anguish=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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His anguish grew as the storm came.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anguish:x2:1
# text = His anguish grew as the storm came.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	anguish	anguish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | His anguish |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past | the storm |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **anguish** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom anguish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Fionn cried out in anguish for his son.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anguish:x3:1
# text = Fionn cried out in anguish for his son.
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	anguish	anguish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | Fionn |  |  | anguish |  | for Fionn's son | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in anguish=Location |

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