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title: contempt — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «contempt» in the school dictionary: Contempt is the feeling that someone or something is worthless and does not deserve any respect. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# contempt

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**Who acts:** Contempt, someone, crime, queen, She, teacher · **What happens:** be, not deserve, disobey, look, speak, stop · **To what, where:** feeling, respect, crime, court, her, someone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«contempt» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [contempt in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/contempt.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Contempt is the feeling that someone or something is worthless and does not deserve any respect.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contempt:m1:1
# text = Contempt is the feeling that someone or something is worthless and does not deserve any respect.
1	Contempt	contempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	conj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	worthless	worthless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	deserve	deserve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
15	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Contempt | the feeling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | someone | the feeling *not said here* |  |  |  | worthless *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **deserve** | present · do-support | someone *not said here* | any respect |  |  |  |  | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: law — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Contempt of court is the crime of disobeying a court or being rude to a judge.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contempt:m2:1
# text = Contempt of court is the crime of disobeying a court or being rude to a judge.
1	Contempt	contempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crime	crime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	disobeying	disobey	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	_
13	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Contempt of court | the crime |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **disobey** | gerund | the crime *not said here* | a court |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | gerund | the crime *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a judge; rude *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The queen looked at the beggar with contempt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contempt:x1:1
# text = The queen looked at the beggar with contempt.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	beggar	beggar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	contempt	contempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the queen |  |  |  |  | at the beggar with contempt | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at beggar=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She spoke to the new boy with open contempt, and the teacher stopped her.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contempt:x2:1
# text = She spoke to the new boy with open contempt, and the teacher stopped her.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	contempt	contempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | She |  |  |  |  | to the new boy with open contempt | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to boy=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | past | the teacher | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector she=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bullying someone for being poor is beneath contempt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contempt:x3:1
# text = Bullying someone for being poor is beneath contempt.
1	Bullying	bully	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	contempt	contempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bully** | gerund |  |  | someone |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | poor *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | Bullying |  |  |  |  | beneath contempt | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The villain laughed with contempt at the hero's tiny sword.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contempt:x4:1
# text = The villain laughed with contempt at the hero's tiny sword.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	villain	villain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	contempt	contempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | the villain |  |  | the hero's tiny sword |  | with contempt | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The man was jailed for contempt of court after shouting at the judge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contempt:x5:1
# text = The man was jailed for contempt of court after shouting at the judge.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	jailed	jail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	contempt	contempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jail** | past · passive |  | the man |  |  |  | for contempt of court | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  | the judge |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Treat people with respect, not contempt, even when you disagree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contempt:x6:1
# text = Treat people with respect, not contempt, even when you disagree.
1	Treat	treat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	contempt	contempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | people |  |  | with respect and contempt | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient with respect=Theme |
| 2 | **disagree** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His contempt for the rules got the whole team disqualified.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contempt:x7:1
# text = His contempt for the rules got the whole team disqualified.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	contempt	contempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	disqualified	disqualify	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | His contempt for the rules |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **disqualify** | past | the whole team |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
“Because we’re told to,” said the troop-horse, with a snort of contempt.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contempt:x8:1
# text = “Because we’re told to,” said the troop-horse, with a snort of contempt.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	’re	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	troop	troop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	snort	snort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	contempt	contempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · passive |  | we |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the troop horse |  |  |  |  | with a snort of contempt | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with snort=Manner |
| 3 | **snort** |  | contempt |  |  |  |  |  | nom snort «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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