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title: emotional — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «emotional» in the school dictionary: Emotional means about feelings: emotional problems, emotional health. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# emotional

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**Who acts:** Emotional, emotional person, emotional event, people, Mum, sister · **What happens:** mean, show, cry, get, make, feel · **To what, where:** strong feelings, people, graduation, emotional ending, emotional support, you

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Emotional means about feelings: emotional problems, emotional health.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emotional:m1:1
# text = Emotional means about feelings: emotional problems, emotional health.
1	Emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	problems	problem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Emotional |  |  |  |  | about feelings and emotional problems and emotional health | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An emotional person shows strong feelings easily, such as crying or getting excited.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emotional:m2:1
# text = An emotional person shows strong feelings easily, such as crying or getting excited.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	_
14	excited	excited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a emotional person | strong feelings |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | a emotional person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get** | gerund | a emotional person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | excited *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An emotional event or story makes people feel strong feelings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emotional:m3:1
# text = An emotional event or story makes people feel strong feelings.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a emotional event or story | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | infinitive | people *not said here* | strong feelings |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum got emotional at my sister's graduation and cried.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emotional:x1:1
# text = Mum got emotional at my sister's graduation and cried.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	graduation	graduation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Mum |  |  | my sister's graduation |  | emotional *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **graduate** |  | my sister |  |  |  |  |  | nom graduation «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The film had a very emotional ending.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emotional:x2:1
# text = The film had a very emotional ending.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **have** | past | the film | a emotional ending |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ending=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Talking to a friend gives you emotional support.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emotional:x3:1
# text = Talking to a friend gives you emotional support.
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to a friend | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to friend=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **give** | present | Talking | emotional support | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient support=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He felt emotional when his dog came home.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emotional:x4:1
# text = He felt emotional when his dog came home.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | He |  |  |  |  | emotional *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | past | his dog |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Being kind helps people's emotional health.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emotional:x5:1
# text = Being kind helps people's emotional health.
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	csubj	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | present |  | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was an emotional goodbye at the airport.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emotional:x6:1
# text = It was an emotional goodbye at the airport.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	airport	airport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a emotional goodbye |  | the airport |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She's very emotional and laughs and cries easily.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emotional:x7:1
# text = She's very emotional and laughs and cries easily.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	cries	cry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | emotional *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
As for keeping myself dry, there is evidently no one here who can at all appreciate an emotional nature.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emotional:x8:1
# text = As for keeping myself dry, there is evidently no one here who can at all appreciate an emotional nature.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
4	myself	myself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	_
8	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	evidently	evidently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
12	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	advmod	_	_
17	appreciate	appreciate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund | no one *not said here* | myself |  |  |  | dry *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present | no one |  |  | there |  | evidently *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **appreciate** | can | no one | a emotional nature |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nature=Stimulus |

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