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title: discontented — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «discontented» in the school dictionary: Not happy with what you have or where you are, and wanting something better. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# discontented

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**Who acts:** you, discontented cat, discontented fir tree · **What happens:** have, be, want, discontent · **To what, where:** something, bigger bed, you, tree

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Not happy with what you have or where you are, and wanting something better.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:discontented:m1:1
# text = Not happy with what you have or where you are, and wanting something better.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	obl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	conj	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
14	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obj	_	_
15	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:discontented:x1:1
# text = The discontented cat wanted a bigger bed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	discontented	discontent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	bed	bed	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 | **discontent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | the discontented cat | a bigger bed |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bed=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Are you discontented with your new school?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:discontented:x2:1
# text = Are you discontented with your new school?
1	Are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	discontented	discontent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discontent** | present · passive |  | you |  |  |  | with your new school | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The discontented fir tree wanted to be a king's tree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:discontented:x3:1
# text = The discontented fir tree wanted to be a king's tree.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	discontented	discontent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discontent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | the discontented fir tree |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the discontented fir tree *not said here* | a king's tree |  |  |  |  | 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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