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title: drunkenness — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «drunkenness» in the school dictionary: Drunkenness is the state of being drunk, when a person has had too much alcohol and cannot think or walk properly. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# drunkenness

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**Who acts:** Drunkenness, person, him, story · **What happens:** be, have, not think, walk, make, lose · **To what, where:** state, much alcohol, him, job, happy home

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Drunkenness is the state of being drunk, when a person has had too much alcohol and cannot think or walk properly.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drunkenness:m1:1
# text = Drunkenness is the state of being drunk, when a person has had too much alcohol and cannot think or walk properly.
1	Drunkenness	drunkenness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	drunk	drunk	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	parataxis	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
20	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	conj	_	_
23	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Drunkenness | the state |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | drunk *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | present · perfect | a person | much alcohol |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alcohol=Patient |
| 4 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | can | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **walk** | infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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His drunkenness made him lose his job.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drunkenness:x1:1
# text = His drunkenness made him lose his job.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	drunkenness	drunkenness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | His drunkenness | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | drunkenness's job |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
| 3 | **job** |  | drunkenness |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The story warns about the sorrows of drunkenness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drunkenness:x2:1
# text = The story warns about the sorrows of drunkenness.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	warns	warn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sorrows	sorrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	drunkenness	drunkenness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | the story |  |  |  |  | about the sorrows of drunkenness | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about sorrow=Topic |
| 2 | **sorrow** |  | drunkenness |  |  |  |  |  | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Drunkenness can turn a happy home into a sad one.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drunkenness:x3:1
# text = Drunkenness can turn a happy home into a sad one.
1	Drunkenness	drunkenness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | can | Drunkenness | a happy home |  |  |  | into a sad one | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent home=Theme into one=Trajectory |

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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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