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title: disable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «disable» in the school dictionary: To turn off a feature or machine so it does not work, for example in an app or a phone. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# disable

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**Who acts:** machine, you, engineer, storm, bad fall, thief · **What happens:** turn off, not work, stop, work, damage, cause · **To what, where:** feature, app, something, it, someone, disability

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«disable» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [disable in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disable.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To turn off a feature or machine so it does not work, for example in an app or a phone.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disable:m1:1
# text = To turn off a feature or machine so it does not work, for example in an app or a phone.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	feature	feature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** | to-infinitive | machine *not said here* | a feature or machine |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent feature=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **work** | present · do-support | machine |  |  | a app or a phone |  | for example | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for example=Beneficiary |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To stop something or someone from working properly, often by damaging it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disable:m2:1
# text = To stop something or someone from working properly, often by damaging it.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	conj	_	_
6	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	damaging	damage	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality something=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **damage** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | often *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To cause someone to have a disability, through injury or illness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disable:m3:1
# text = To cause someone to have a disability, through injury or illness.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	disability	disability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition someone=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive |  | a disability |  | injury or illness |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disability=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ask an adult to disable in-app purchases on the tablet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disable:x1:1
# text = Ask an adult to disable in-app purchases on the tablet.
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	disable	disable	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	purchases	purchase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **disable** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | app purchases on the tablet |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The engineer disabled the alarm while he fixed it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disable:x2:1
# text = The engineer disabled the alarm while he fixed it.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	engineer	engineer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	disabled	disable	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fixed	fix	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disable** | past | the engineer | the alarm |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent alarm=Patient |
| 2 | **fix** | past | engineer | alarm |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You can disable the sound in the game settings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disable:x3:1
# text = You can disable the sound in the game settings.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	disable	disable	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	settings	setting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disable** | can | You | the sound |  | the game settings |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sound=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The storm disabled the power lines.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disable:x4:1
# text = The storm disabled the power lines.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	disabled	disable	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disable** | past | the storm | the power lines |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent line=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A bad fall disabled him for many months.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disable:x5:1
# text = A bad fall disabled him for many months.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	disabled	disable	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disable** | past | a bad fall | him *= he* |  |  | month |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The thief tried to disable the camera.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disable:x6:1
# text = The thief tried to disable the camera.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	disable	disable	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | the thief |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **disable** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the thief *not said here* | the camera |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent camera=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Please do not disable the safety lock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disable:x7:1
# text = Please do not disable the safety lock.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	disable	disable	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **disable** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the safety lock |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lock=Patient |

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