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title: disdain — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «disdain» in the school dictionary: A feeling that someone or something is not worth respect; scorn. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# disdain

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**Who acts:** someone, you, He, She, giant · **What happens:** not be, refuse, think, be, look, disdain · **To what, where:** worth respect, something, cheap present, words, high disdain · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«disdain» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [disdain in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disdain.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

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A feeling that someone or something is not worth respect; scorn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disdain:m1:1
# text = A feeling that someone or something is not worth respect; scorn.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	conj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	scorn	scorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **not** **is a** | present | someone | worth respect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

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To refuse something because you think you are too good for it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disdain:m2:1
# text = To refuse something because you think you are too good for it.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | for it; good *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He looked at the beggar with disdain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disdain:x1:1
# text = He looked at the beggar with disdain.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beggar	beggar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	disdain	disdain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | He |  |  |  |  | at the beggar with disdain | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at beggar=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She disdained the cheap present.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disdain:x2:1
# text = She disdained the cheap present.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	disdained	disdain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disdain** | past | She | the cheap present |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer present=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The giant took the words in high disdain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disdain:x3:1
# text = The giant took the words in high disdain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	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	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	disdain	disdain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the giant | the words |  | high disdain |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent word=Value in disdain=Location |

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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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