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title: despising — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «despising» in the school dictionary: Hating or looking down on someone or something; the same sense as despise. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# despising

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**Who acts:** same sense, He, Despising, She, game · **What happens:** hate, look down, despise, go, not make, keep · **To what, where:** new boy, others, you, rules

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Hating or looking down on someone or something; the same sense as despise.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:despising:m1:1
# text = Hating or looking down on someone or something; the same sense as despise.
1	Hating	hate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	as	as	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	despise	despise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **look down** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on someone | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on someone=Theme |
| 3 | **despise** | present | the same sense *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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He went on despising the new boy for no reason.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:despising:x1:1
# text = He went on despising the new boy for no reason.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	despising	despise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **despise** | gerund | He *not said here* | the new boy |  |  |  | for no reason | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus for reason=Attribute |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Despising others will not make you happy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:despising:x2:1
# text = Despising others will not make you happy.
1	Despising	despise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **despise** | gerund |  | others |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **make** | future | Despising | you |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She kept despising the rules of the game.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:despising:x3:1
# text = She kept despising the rules of the game.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	despising	despise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **despise** | gerund | She *not said here* | the rules of the game |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Stimulus |
| 3 | **rule** |  | the game |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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