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title: engrossed — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «engrossed» in the school dictionary: To be engrossed in something is to be so busy with it that you notice nothing else. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# engrossed

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**Who acts:** you, He, his · **What happens:** engross, be, notice, appear, work · **To what, where:** something, nothing, work, children, story

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«engrossed» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [engrossed in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/engrossed.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To be engrossed in something is to be so busy with it that you notice nothing else.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:engrossed:m1:1
# text = To be engrossed in something is to be so busy with it that you notice nothing else.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	engrossed	engross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	notice	notice	VERB	VBP	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	obj	_	_
17	else	else	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engross** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | something |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with it; busy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **notice** | present | you | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |

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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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He appeared to be altogether engrossed in his work.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:engrossed:x1:1
# text = He appeared to be altogether engrossed in his work.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	engrossed	engross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **engross** | to-infinitive · passive | He *not said here* |  |  | his work |  | altogether *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 3 | **work** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The children were engrossed in the story.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:engrossed:x2:1
# text = The children were engrossed in the story.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	engrossed	engross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engross** | past · passive |  | the children |  | the story |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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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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