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title: disquiet — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «disquiet» in the school dictionary: To disquiet someone is to make them worried or uneasy. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# disquiet

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**Who acts:** someone, disquiet, strange silence, Her, you, all · **What happens:** be, worry, begin, disquiet, silence, not disquiet · **To what, where:** feeling, us, yourself, source

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«disquiet» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [disquiet in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disquiet.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To disquiet someone is to make them worried or uneasy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disquiet:m1:1
# text = To disquiet someone is to make them worried or uneasy.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disquiet	disquiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	uneasy	uneasy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | someone |  |  |  |  | make, worried *property* | 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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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To disquiet oneself is to fret or worry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disquiet:m2:1
# text = To disquiet oneself is to fret or worry.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	disquiet	disquiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	oneself	oneself	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	advcl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fret	fret	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	worry	worry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	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** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fret *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **worry** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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A disquiet is a feeling of worry or restless unease.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disquiet:m3:1
# text = A disquiet is a feeling of worry or restless unease.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disquiet	disquiet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	restless	restless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	unease	unease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	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 a** | present | a disquiet | a feeling |  |  |  | of worry or restless unease | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Her strange silence began to disquiet us.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disquiet:x1:1
# text = Her strange silence began to disquiet us.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	disquiet	disquiet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	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 | **begin** | past | Her strange silence |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **disquiet** | to-infinitive | Her strange silence *not said here* | us |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus we=Experiencer |
| 3 | **silence** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom silence «state transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Do not disquiet yourself; all is well.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disquiet:x2:1
# text = Do not disquiet yourself; all is well.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	disquiet	disquiet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **disquiet** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | yourself |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus yourself=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | all |  |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The news was a source of disquiet to the king.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disquiet:x3:1
# text = The news was a source of disquiet to the king.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	disquiet	disquiet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	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 a** | past | the news | a source |  |  |  | of disquiet; to the king | tree rules |

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