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title: bothersome — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bothersome» in the school dictionary: Bothersome means annoying, causing trouble or worry, so that you feel put out. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bothersome

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**Who acts:** Bothersome, you, bothersome fly, me, cricket · **What happens:** mean, cause, feel, put out, keep, land · **To what, where:** trouble, nose, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Bothersome means annoying, causing trouble or worry, so that you feel put out.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bothersome:m1:1
# text = Bothersome means annoying, causing trouble or worry, so that you feel put out.
1	Bothersome	Bothersome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	annoying	annoying	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	_
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
14	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	xcomp	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Bothersome |  |  |  |  | annoying *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cause** | gerund |  | trouble or worry |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient |
| 3 | **feel** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **put out** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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That bothersome fly kept landing on my nose.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bothersome:x1:1
# text = That bothersome fly kept landing on my nose.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	bothersome	bothersome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	landing	land	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | that bothersome fly |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **land** | gerund | that bothersome fly *not said here* |  |  | my nose |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on nose=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't be bothersome; let me finish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bothersome:x2:1
# text = Don't be bothersome; let me finish.
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	bothersome	bothersome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  |  | bothersome *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive |  | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **finish** | infinitive | me *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The cricket was bothersome, chirping all night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bothersome:x3:1
# text = The cricket was bothersome, chirping all night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	bothersome	bothersome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	chirping	chirp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the cricket |  |  |  |  | bothersome *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **chirp** | gerund | the cricket *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=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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