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title: condescend — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «condescend» in the school dictionary: To do something you think is below your dignity, or to agree to do something kindly as a favour to someone you see as lower than you. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# condescend

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**Who acts:** you, something, I · **What happens:** do, think, be, agree, see, not condescend · **To what, where:** dignity, something, rude question, house, queen, village school

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To do something you think is below your dignity, or to agree to do something kindly as a favour to someone you see as lower than you.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condescend:m1:1
# text = To do something you think is below your dignity, or to agree to do something kindly as a favour to someone you see as lower than you.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	nsubj	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	below	below	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	dignity	dignity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	agree	agree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	15	obj	_	_
17	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
18	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	20	nmod	_	_
23	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
25	as	as	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	24	obl	_	_
27	than	than	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | something |  |  | your dignity |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **agree** *speech: agree* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  | as a favour to someone; kindly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 6 | **see** | present | you |  |  |  |  | as lower | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as low=Attribute |

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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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I would not condescend to answer such a rude question.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condescend:x1:1
# text = I would not condescend to answer such a rude question.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	condescend	condescend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	10	det:predet	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **condescend** | would | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | such rude question |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Please condescend to enter our house.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condescend:x2:1
# text = Please condescend to enter our house.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	condescend	condescend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **condescend** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **enter** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | our house |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The queen condescended to visit the village school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condescend:x3:1
# text = The queen condescended to visit the village school.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	condescended	condescend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **condescend** | participle |  | the queen *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **visit** | to-infinitive |  | the village school |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=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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