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title: disorient — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «disorient» in the school dictionary: To make someone confused about where they are or which way to go. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# disorient

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**Who acts:** they, someone, thick fog, I, Bright lights, loud noise · **What happens:** make, be, go, think, disorient, spin round · **To what, where:** someone, way, walkers, baby turtles, beach, dog

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To make someone confused about where they are or which way to go.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disorient:m1:1
# text = To make someone confused about where they are or which way to go.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	confused	confused	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  | confused *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product |
| 2 | **is a** | present | they | which way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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To make someone confused and unable to think clearly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disorient:m2:1
# text = To make someone confused and unable to think clearly.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	confused	confused	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  | confused *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | someone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The thick fog disoriented the walkers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disorient:x1:1
# text = The thick fog disoriented the walkers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fog	fog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	disoriented	disorient	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	walkers	walker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disorient** | past | the thick fog | the walkers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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After spinning round, I felt disoriented.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disorient:x2:1
# text = After spinning round, I felt disoriented.
1	After	after	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
3	round	round	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	disoriented	disoriented	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin round** | gerund | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **feel** | past | I |  |  |  |  | disoriented *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Bright lights can disorient baby turtles on the beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disorient:x3:1
# text = Bright lights can disorient baby turtles on the beach.
1	Bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	disorient	disorient	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	turtles	turtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disorient** | can | Bright lights | baby turtles |  | the beach |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The loud noise disoriented the dog.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disorient:x4:1
# text = The loud noise disoriented the dog.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	disoriented	disorient	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disorient** | past | the loud noise | the dog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The new school building was big and disorienting.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disorient:x5:1
# text = The new school building was big and disorienting.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	disorienting	disorient	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the new school building |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **disorient** | gerund | the new school building *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Waking in a strange room can disorient you.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disorient:x6:1
# text = Waking in a strange room can disorient you.
1	Waking	wake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	disorient	disorient	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | gerund |  |  |  | a strange room |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **disorient** | can | Waking | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

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The cave was so dark that we were quickly disoriented.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disorient:x7:1
# text = The cave was so dark that we were quickly disoriented.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	disoriented	disorient	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the cave |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **disorient** | past · passive |  | we |  |  |  | quickly *property* | tree rules |

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