--- title: dissemble — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics description: «dissemble» in the school dictionary: To hide your true feelings or plans by pretending to be different. 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The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [dissemble in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dissemble.md). ## Meaning 1 {#m1} To hide your true feelings or plans by pretending to be different. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:dissemble:m1:1 # text = To hide your true feelings or plans by pretending to be different. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 by by SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive | | your true feelings or plans | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient | | 2 | **pretend** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | different *property* | tree rules | 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} He tried to dissemble, but his face gave him away. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:dissemble:x1:1 # text = He tried to dissemble, but his face gave him away. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 dissemble dissemble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | He | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **dissemble** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give away** | past | his face | | him *= he* | | | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ## Example 2 {#x2} She dissembled well and no one guessed her plan. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:dissemble:x2:1 # text = She dissembled well and no one guessed her plan. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dissembled dissemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dissemble** | past | She | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **guess** | past | no one | her plan | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Theme | | 3 | **plan** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | **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. 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