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title: condescendingly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «condescendingly» in the school dictionary: In a way that shows you think you are better than others; talking down to them. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# condescendingly

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**Who acts:** way, you, Turritella, your, He, She · **What happens:** show, think, be, talk down, not refuse, say · **To what, where:** others, request, sum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a way that shows you think you are better than others; talking down to them.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condescendingly:m1:1
# text = In a way that shows you think you are better than others; talking down to them.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	ccomp	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
15	down	down	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a way |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | than others; good *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **talk down** | gerund | a way *not said here* |  | others *= other* |  |  | down *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-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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"I won't refuse your request," said Turritella condescendingly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condescendingly:x1:1
# text = "I won't refuse your request," said Turritella condescendingly.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
12	condescendingly	condescendingly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **refuse** *in a quote* | future | Turritella | your request |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Turritella |  |  |  |  | condescendingly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **request** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He smiled condescendingly at the younger children.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condescendingly:x2:1
# text = He smiled condescendingly at the younger children.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smiled	smile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	condescendingly	condescendingly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smile** | past | He |  |  |  |  | at the younger children; condescendingly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She explained the sum condescendingly, as if I were stupid.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condescendingly:x3:1
# text = She explained the sum condescendingly, as if I were stupid.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	explained	explain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	condescendingly	condescendingly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | She | the sum |  |  |  | condescendingly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | I |  |  |  |  | stupid *property* | tree rules |

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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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