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title: excitable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «excitable» in the school dictionary: Excitable describes a person or animal that gets excited, nervous or upset very easily. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# excitable

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**Who acts:** Excitable, person, child, excitable puppy, little cousin, excitable crowd · **What happens:** describe, get, woun up, find, calm down, jump · **To what, where:** person, excitable puppy, child, everyone, children, excitable parrot

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«excitable» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [excitable in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/excitable.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Excitable describes a person or animal that gets excited, nervous or upset very easily.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excitable:m1:1
# text = Excitable describes a person or animal that gets excited, nervous or upset very easily.
1	Excitable	Excitable	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	excited	excited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	nervous	nervous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
14	very	very	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | Excitable | a person or animal |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | a person or animal |  |  |  |  | easily, excited *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 excitable puppy or child gets wound up quickly and finds it hard to calm down.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excitable:m2:1
# text = An excitable puppy or child gets wound up quickly and finds it hard to calm down.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	excitable	excitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	wound	woun	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	calm	calm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	down	down	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **woun up** | present · passive |  | a excitable puppy or child |  |  |  | quickly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | present |  | child |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 3 | **calm down** | to-infinitive | child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our excitable puppy jumps on everyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excitable:x1:1
# text = Our excitable puppy jumps on everyone.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	excitable	excitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	jumps	jump	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | present | Our excitable puppy |  |  | everyone |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on everyone=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My little cousin gets excitable before birthdays.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excitable:x2:1
# text = My little cousin gets excitable before birthdays.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	excitable	excitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **get** | present | My little cousin |  |  |  | before birthdays | excitable *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The excitable crowd cheered loudly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excitable:x3:1
# text = The excitable crowd cheered loudly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	excitable	excitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cheered	cheer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheer** | past | the excitable crowd |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sugar does not really make children excitable, but parties do.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excitable:x4:1
# text = Sugar does not really make children excitable, but parties do.
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	excitable	excitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | present · do-support | Sugar | children |  |  |  | excitable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset child=Product |
| 2 | **do** | present | parties |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The excitable parrot squawked at every noise.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excitable:x5:1
# text = The excitable parrot squawked at every noise.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	excitable	excitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	squawked	squawk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squawk** | participle |  | the excitable parrot *not said here* |  |  |  | at every noise | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at noise=Stimulus |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Take a deep breath if you feel too excitable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:excitable:x6:1
# text = Take a deep breath if you feel too excitable.
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	excitable	excitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | a deep breath |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme |
| 2 | **feel** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | excitable *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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