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title: chagrin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «chagrin» in the school dictionary: Chagrin is a feeling of being annoyed and disappointed because something has not gone the way you wanted. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# chagrin

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**Who acts:** Chagrin, something, you, he, his, She · **What happens:** be, not go, want, find, chagrin, hide · **To what, where:** feeling, way, fault, chagrin, race

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«chagrin» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [chagrin in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chagrin.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Chagrin is a feeling of being annoyed and disappointed because something has not gone the way you wanted.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chagrin:m1:1
# text = Chagrin is a feeling of being annoyed and disappointed because something has not gone the way you wanted.
1	Chagrin	chagrin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	disappointed	disappointed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	nsubj	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	parataxis	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Chagrin | a feeling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | annoyed *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **go** | present · perfect | something | the way |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **want** | past | you | the way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot way=Theme |

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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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To his great chagrin, he could find no fault with her.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chagrin:x1:1
# text = To his great chagrin, he could find no fault with her.
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	chagrin	chagrin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | could | he | no fault |  |  |  | to his great chagrin; with her *= she* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Topic |
| 2 | **chagrin** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom chagrin «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She hid her chagrin when she lost the race.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chagrin:x2:1
# text = She hid her chagrin when she lost the race.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	chagrin	chagrin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | She | her chagrin |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chagrin=Patient |
| 2 | **lose** | past | she | the race |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality |
| 3 | **chagrin** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom chagrin «feeling transitive»: poss=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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