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title: cretin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cretin» in the school dictionary: A person born with a serious illness that stops the body and mind growing properly. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cretin

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**Who acts:** serious illness, mind, poor cretin, you, it · **What happens:** bear, stop, grow, creep away, not call, be · **To what, where:** person, body, bed, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A person born with a serious illness that stops the body and mind growing properly.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cretin:m1:1
# text = A person born with a serious illness that stops the body and mind growing properly.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  |  |  | with a serious illness | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **stop** | present | a serious illness | the body and mind |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality body=Eventuality |
| 3 | **grow** | gerund | mind *not said here* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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: rude — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A foolish or stupid person; now a hurtful insult.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cretin:m2:1
# text = A foolish or stupid person; now a hurtful insult.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The poor cretin crept away to his bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cretin:x1:1
# text = The poor cretin crept away to his bed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cretin	cretin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **creep away** | past | the poor cretin |  |  | cretin's bed |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bed=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Don't call people cretins; it is cruel.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cretin:x2:1
# text = Don't call people cretins; it is cruel.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	cretins	cretin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **call** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme cretin=Result |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | cruel *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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