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title: compunction — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «compunction» in the school dictionary: A feeling of guilt or unease that stops you doing something you think is wrong. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# compunction

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**Who acts:** feeling, you, He, compunction, Urashima, She · **What happens:** stop, do, think, be, have, eat · **To what, where:** you, something, compunction, last cake, gift, lie · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A feeling of guilt or unease that stops you doing something you think is wrong.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:compunction:m1:1
# text = A feeling of guilt or unease that stops you doing something you think is wrong.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	unease	unease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
11	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | a feeling of guilt or unease | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | a feeling of guilt or unease *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | a feeling of guilt or unease |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | 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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He had no compunction about eating the last cake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:compunction:x1:1
# text = He had no compunction about eating the last cake.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	compunction	compunction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 | **have** | past | He | no compunction |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compunction=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | no compunction *not said here* | the last cake |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Urashima felt some compunction in taking the gift.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:compunction:x2:1
# text = Urashima felt some compunction in taking the gift.
1	Urashima	Urashima	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	compunction	compunction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | Urashima | some compunction |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compunction=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | gerund | Urashima *not said here* | the gift |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She felt compunction after she told a lie.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:compunction:x3:1
# text = She felt compunction after she told a lie.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	compunction	compunction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | She | compunction |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compunction=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she | a lie |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient |

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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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