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title: frustrating — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «frustrating» in the school dictionary: Frustrating describes something that makes you feel cross and upset because you cannot do or change it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# frustrating

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**Who acts:** you, Frustrating, It, ball, Learning, nothing · **What happens:** describe, make, feel, not do, change, be · **To what, where:** something, you, it, ing form, fence, bike

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Frustrating describes something that makes you feel cross and upset because you cannot do or change it.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustrating:m1:1
# text = Frustrating describes something that makes you feel cross and upset because you cannot do or change it.
1	Frustrating	frustrating	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **feel** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cross *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **not** **do** | can | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **change** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
Frustrating is the «-ing» form of «frustrate».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustrating:m2:1
# text = Frustrating is the «-ing» form of «frustrate».
1	Frustrating	Frustrating	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	ing	ing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	frustrate	frustrate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Frustrating | the ing form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's so frustrating when the ball keeps going over the fence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustrating:x1:1
# text = It's so frustrating when the ball keeps going over the fence.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	frustrating	frustrating	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | frustrating *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | the ball |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | gerund | the ball *not said here* |  |  | the fence |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over fence=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Learning to ride a bike can be frustrating at first.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustrating:x2:1
# text = Learning to ride a bike can be frustrating at first.
1	Learning	learn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	frustrating	frustrating	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ride** | to-infinitive |  | a bike |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | can | Learning |  |  |  |  | frustrating *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was a frustrating day; nothing went right.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustrating:x3:1
# text = It was a frustrating day; nothing went right.
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	frustrating	frustrating	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a frustrating day |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | past | nothing | a frustrating day *not said here* |  |  |  | right *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location day=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Losing the last piece of the puzzle is frustrating.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustrating:x4:1
# text = Losing the last piece of the puzzle is frustrating.
1	Losing	lose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	puzzle	puzzle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	frustrating	frustrating	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund |  | the last piece of the puzzle |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | Losing |  |  |  |  | frustrating *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Waiting for the bus in the rain was frustrating.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustrating:x5:1
# text = Waiting for the bus in the rain was frustrating.
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	frustrating	frustrating	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  | the rain |  | for the bus | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rain=Location |
| 2 | **is** | past | Waiting |  |  |  |  | frustrating *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The game was frustrating, but fun in the end.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustrating:x6:1
# text = The game was frustrating, but fun in the end.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	frustrating	frustrating	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the game |  |  |  |  | frustrating *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bad weather kept frustrating the climbers' plans.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustrating:x7:1
# text = The bad weather kept frustrating the climbers' plans.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	frustrating	frustrate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	climbers	climber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the bad weather |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **frustrate** | gerund | the bad weather *not said here* | the climbers's plans |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus plan=Experiencer |
| 3 | **plan** |  | the climbers |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Before he went, he succeeded in frustrating a project for closing the Tuileries Gardens against the people of Paris and their children.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustrating:x8:1
# text = Before he went, he succeeded in frustrating a project for closing the Tuileries Gardens against the people of Paris and their children.
1	Before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	succeeded	succeed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	frustrating	frustrate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	closing	close	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Tuileries	Tuilery	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	15	compound	_	_
15	Gardens	Garden	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
16	against	against	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **succeed** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **frustrate** | gerund | he *not said here* | a project |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus project=Experiencer |
| 4 | **close** | gerund | he *not said here* | the Tuileries Gardens |  |  |  | against the people of Paris and Paris's children | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garden=Patient |

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