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title: deign — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «deign» in the school dictionary: To deign is to agree to do something that you think is beneath your dignity; a grand person may deign to do a small thing (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# deign

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**Who acts:** you, something, grand person, queen, He, Deign · **What happens:** deign, be, do, think, visit, not deign · **To what, where:** small thing, school, silly question, me, room · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To deign is to agree to do something that you think is beneath your dignity; a grand person may deign to do a small thing (old use).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deign:m1:1
# text = To deign is to agree to do something that you think is beneath your dignity; a grand person may deign to do a small thing (old use).
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	deign	deign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	15	nsubj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	dignity	dignity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
20	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	deign	deign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
27	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deign** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *speech: agree* | present |  |  |  |  |  | agree *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **think** *speech: other* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | present | something |  |  |  |  | beneath your dignity | tree rules |
| 6 | **deign** | may | a grand person |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **do** | to-infinitive | a grand person *not said here* | a small thing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Will the queen deign to visit our school?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deign:x1:1
# text = Will the queen deign to visit our school?
1	Will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	deign	deign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deign** | future | the queen |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **visit** | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | our school |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Co-Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would not deign to answer such a silly question.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deign:x2:1
# text = He would not deign to answer such a silly question.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	deign	deign	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	silly	silly	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** **deign** | would | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | such silly question |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Deign to follow me, and you shall have a room.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deign:x3:1
# text = Deign to follow me, and you shall have a room.
1	Deign	Deign	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | to-infinitive | Deign | me |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | shall | you | a room |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient |

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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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