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title: disrespect — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «disrespect» in the school dictionary: Disrespect is rude behaviour that shows you do not value or care about someone or something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# disrespect

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**Who acts:** Disrespect, rude behaviour, you, Dis, short form, teacher · **What happens:** be, show, not value, care, disrespect, mean · **To what, where:** rude behaviour, someone, short form, disrespect, He, referee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«disrespect» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [disrespect in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disrespect.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Disrespect is rude behaviour that shows you do not value or care about someone or something.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disrespect:m1:1
# text = Disrespect is rude behaviour that shows you do not value or care about someone or something.
1	Disrespect	disrespect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	value	value	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Disrespect | rude behaviour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | present | rude behaviour |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **value** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **care** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about someone | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about someone=Stimulus |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To disrespect someone is to treat them rudely or without respect.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disrespect:m2:1
# text = To disrespect someone is to treat them rudely or without respect.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disrespect	disrespect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
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	treat	treat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	rudely	rudely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disrespect** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | rudely, treat *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: slang — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Dis» or «diss» is a short form meaning to insult someone.

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disrespect:m3:1
# text = «Dis» or «diss» is a short form meaning to insult someone.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Dis	dis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	diss	diss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	insult	insult	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Dis or diss | a short form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | gerund | a short form *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **insult** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a short form *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Talking while the teacher is talking shows disrespect.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disrespect:x1:1
# text = Talking while the teacher is talking shows disrespect.
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
7	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	disrespect	disrespect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | present · progressive | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **show** | present | Talking | disrespect |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent disrespect=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was sent out for disrespecting the referee.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disrespect:x2:1
# text = He was sent out for disrespecting the referee.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	disrespecting	disrespect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send out** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **disrespect** | gerund |  | the referee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No disrespect, but I think my answer is right.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disrespect:x3:1
# text = No disrespect, but I think my answer is right.
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	disrespect	disrespect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | no disrespect *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot disrespect=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | my answer |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **answer** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dropping litter shows disrespect for the countryside.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disrespect:x4:1
# text = Dropping litter shows disrespect for the countryside.
1	Dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	litter	litter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	disrespect	disrespect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	countryside	countryside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | gerund |  | litter |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | present | Dropping | disrespect |  |  |  | for the countryside | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent disrespect=Recipient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She felt disrespected when nobody listened to her idea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disrespect:x5:1
# text = She felt disrespected when nobody listened to her idea.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	disrespected	disrespect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **disrespect** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **listen** | past | nobody |  |  |  |  | to her idea | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to idea=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Laughing at someone's accent is disrespect.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disrespect:x6:1
# text = Laughing at someone's accent is disrespect.
1	Laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	disrespect	disrespect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  | someone's accent |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Laughing | disrespect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **accent** |  | someone |  |  |  |  |  | nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rapper dissed his rival in a song.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disrespect:x7:1
# text = The rapper dissed his rival in a song.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rapper	rapper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dissed	dis	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	rival	rival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dis** | past | the rapper | rapper's rival |  | a song |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Furious at the disrespect shown her, the Beetle flew to the Eagle's nest and rolled out the eggs.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disrespect:x8:1
# text = Furious at the disrespect shown her, the Beetle flew to the Eagle's nest and rolled out the eggs.
1	Furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	disrespect	disrespect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Beetle	Beetle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
18	out	out	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | participle |  | the Furious disrespect *not said here* | disrespect |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **fly** | past | the Furious disrespect |  |  | the Eagle's nest |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to nest=Destination |
| 3 | **roll out** | participle | the Furious disrespect *not said here* | the eggs |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Agent |

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