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title: fretted — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fretted» in the school dictionary: To worry and be anxious about something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fretted

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**Who acts:** small crossing lines, She, He · **What happens:** worry, be, decorate, fret, pattern · **To what, where:** doors

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«fretted» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [fretted in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fretted.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To worry and be anxious about something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fretted:m1:1
# text = To worry and be anxious about something.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	worry	worry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	anxious	anxious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worry** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | about something; anxious *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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Usage: of a carving — kept apart, not parsed.

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Decorated with a pattern of small crossing lines or shapes, as in «fretted work».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fretted:m2:1
# text = Decorated with a pattern of small crossing lines or shapes, as in «fretted work».
1	Decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	shapes	shape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	fretted	fret	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decorate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with a pattern of small crossing lines or shapes; as fretted work | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pattern=Theme |
| 2 | **fret** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **pattern** |  | small crossing lines or shapes |  |  |  |  |  | nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She fretted about the test all night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fretted:x1:1
# text = She fretted about the test all night.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fretted	fret	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fret** | past | She |  |  |  | night | about the test | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He fretted about his friends.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fretted:x2:1
# text = He fretted about his friends.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fretted	fret	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fret** | past | He |  |  |  |  | about his friends | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The doors had fretted carvings of flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fretted:x3:1
# text = The doors had fretted carvings of flowers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fretted	fret	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	carvings	carving	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fret** | past · perfect · passive |  | the doors |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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