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title: flatterer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «flatterer» in the school dictionary: A flatterer is someone who praises you too much, often to please you or to get something from you. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# flatterer

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**Who acts:** flatterer, flatterers, This, I · **What happens:** be, praise, please, get, lead away, show · **To what, where:** someone, you, something, he, me

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A flatterer is someone who praises you too much, often to please you or to get something from you.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flatterer:m1:1
# text = A flatterer is someone who praises you too much, often to please you or to get something from you.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flatterer	flatterer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	praises	praise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	please	please	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
18	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	obj	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a flatterer | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **praise** | present |  | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **please** | to-infinitive |  | you |  |  |  | often *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |
| 4 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  | from you | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent something=Theme from you=Source |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Alas, he was led away by flatterers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flatterer:x1:1
# text = Alas, he was led away by flatterers.
1	Alas	alas	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	flatterers	flatterer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead away** | past · passive | flatterers | he |  |  |  | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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This just shows me how sensible I have been in never listening to flatterers.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flatterer:x2:1
# text = This just shows me how sensible I have been in never listening to flatterers.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	aux	_	_
10	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	flatterers	flatterer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | This |  | me |  |  | sensible *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **listen** | present · perfect · progressive | I |  |  |  |  | to flatterers | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to flatterer=Theme |

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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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