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title: argumentative — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «argumentative» in the school dictionary: Argumentative describes someone who likes to argue and disagree, even about small things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# argumentative

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**Who acts:** He, you, argumentative boy · **What happens:** describe, like, argue, disagree, be, do · **To what, where:** someone

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Argumentative describes someone who likes to argue and disagree, even about small things.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:argumentative:m1:1
# text = Argumentative describes someone who likes to argue and disagree, even about small things.
1	Argumentative	argumentative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	argue	argue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	disagree	disagree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent someone=Theme |
| 2 | **like** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **argue** *speech: disagree* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **disagree** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | about small things | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about thing=Topic |

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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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He was so argumentative that he argued about everything.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:argumentative:x1:1
# text = He was so argumentative that he argued about everything.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	argumentative	argumentative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | argumentative *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | he |  |  |  |  | about everything | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about everything=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Don't be argumentative; just listen for once.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:argumentative:x2:1
# text = Don't be argumentative; just listen for once.
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	argumentative	argumentative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | argumentative *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **listen** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for once=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The argumentative boy would not stop disagreeing with the teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:argumentative:x3:1
# text = The argumentative boy would not stop disagreeing with the teacher.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	argumentative	argumentative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	disagreeing	disagree	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | would | the argumentative boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **disagree** | gerund | the argumentative boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the teacher | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with teacher=Co-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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