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title: contemptible — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «contemptible» in the school dictionary: So mean or bad that people despise it and deserve scorn. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# contemptible

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**Who acts:** you, people, It, He, Stealing · **What happens:** mean, despise, deserve, be, cheat, tell · **To what, where:** it, scorn, contemptible trick, game, lie · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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So mean or bad that people despise it and deserve scorn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contemptible:m1:1
# text = So mean or bad that people despise it and deserve scorn.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	mean	mean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	despise	despise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	deserve	deserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	scorn	scorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **despise** | present | people | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 3 | **deserve** | present | people *not said here* | scorn |  |  |  |  | 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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It was a contemptible trick to cheat at the game.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contemptible:x1:1
# text = It was a contemptible trick to cheat at the game.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	contemptible	contemptible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	cheat	cheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a contemptible trick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cheat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the game |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He told a lie and felt contemptible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contemptible:x2:1
# text = He told a lie and felt contemptible.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	contemptible	contemptible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | He | a lie |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient |
| 2 | **feel** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | contemptible *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Stealing from a friend is contemptible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:contemptible:x3:1
# text = Stealing from a friend is contemptible.
1	Stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	contemptible	contemptible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | from a friend | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Stealing |  |  |  |  | contemptible *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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