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title: discontent — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «discontent» in the school dictionary: A feeling of not being happy with what you have or with your life, and wanting something different. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# discontent

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**Who acts:** feeling, you, farmers, discontent, Her, people · **What happens:** not be, have, want, show, discontent, grow · **To what, where:** something, discontent, people

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A feeling of not being happy with what you have or with your life, and wanting something different.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:discontent:m1:1
# text = A feeling of not being happy with what you have or with your life, and wanting something different.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
18	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	obj	_	_
19	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | gerund | a feeling |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **want** | gerund | a feeling *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot something=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The farmers showed their discontent with the new tax.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:discontent:x1:1
# text = The farmers showed their discontent with the new tax.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	discontent	discontent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **show** | past | the farmers | farmers's discontent |  |  |  | with the new tax | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent discontent=Recipient |
| 2 | **discontent** |  | farmers *= farmer* |  |  |  |  |  | nom discontent «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Her discontent grew as she cleaned all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:discontent:x2:1
# text = Her discontent grew as she cleaned all day.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	discontent	discontent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cleaned	clean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Her discontent |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **clean** | past | discontent |  |  |  | day |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **discontent** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom discontent «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Discontent can make people grumble.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:discontent:x3:1
# text = Discontent can make people grumble.
1	Discontent	discontent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	grumble	grumble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | Discontent | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grumble** *speech: other* | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=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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