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title: frustration — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «frustration» in the school dictionary: A cross, upset feeling you get when you cannot do something or cannot get what you want. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# frustration

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**Who acts:** you, thing, Frustration, act, someone, He · **What happens:** get, not do, not get, want, cause, mean · **To what, where:** cross, something, feeling, act, plans, ball

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«frustration» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [frustration in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/frustration.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cross, upset feeling you get when you cannot do something or cannot get what you want.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustration:m1:1
# text = A cross, upset feeling you get when you cannot do something or cannot get what you want.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
13	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | you | a cross |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **do** | can | you | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **get** | can | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **want** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

<!-- .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 -->
A thing that causes this feeling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustration:m2:1
# text = A thing that causes this feeling.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | a thing | this feeling |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition feeling=Patient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Frustration can also mean the act of stopping someone's plans from succeeding.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustration:m3:1
# text = Frustration can also mean the act of stopping someone's plans from succeeding.
1	Frustration	frustration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	acl	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	succeeding	succeed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Frustration | the act |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent act=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | gerund | the act *not said here* | someone's plans |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality plan=Eventuality |
| 3 | **succeed** | gerund | the act *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **plan** |  | someone |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He kicked the ball in frustration when he missed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustration:x1:1
# text = He kicked the ball in frustration when he missed.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	frustration	frustration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past | He | the ball |  | frustration |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ball=Patient in frustration=Location |
| 2 | **miss** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustration:x2:1
# text = Learning to ride a bike can cause frustration at first.
1	Learning	learn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	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	7	aux	_	_
7	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	frustration	frustration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 | **cause** | can | Learning | frustration |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition frustration=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Take a deep breath when you feel frustration.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustration:x3:1
# text = Take a deep breath when you feel frustration.
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	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
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	frustration	frustration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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** | present | you | frustration |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frustration=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One frustration of camping is the rain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustration:x4:1
# text = One frustration of camping is the rain.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	frustration	frustration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	camping	camping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | One frustration of camping | the rain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **frustrate** |  |  | camping |  |  |  |  | nom frustration «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She groaned with frustration at the long sum.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustration:x5:1
# text = She groaned with frustration at the long sum.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	groaned	groan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	frustration	frustration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **groan** | past | She |  |  |  |  | with frustration; at the long sum | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at sum=Stimulus |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Talking to someone can help you let your frustration go.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustration:x6:1
# text = Talking to someone can help you let your frustration go.
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	frustration	frustration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to someone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to someone=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **help** | can | Talking | you |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your frustration |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | infinitive | your frustration *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **frustrate** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom frustration «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
But the wicked woman was furious at the frustration of her own evil designs, and only thought of what harder thing she could set the girl to do.

<!-- fold The tree, 28 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frustration:x7:1
# text = But the wicked woman was furious at the frustration of her own evil designs, and only thought of what harder thing she could set the girl to do.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	frustration	frustration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
12	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	designs	design	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	only	only	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	obl	_	_
21	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	22	amod	_	_
22	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	acl:relcl	_	_
23	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	acl:relcl	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the wicked woman |  |  | the frustration of woman's own evil designs |  | furious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | participle | the wicked woman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **set** | could | woman | the girl |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient girl=Result |
| 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | the girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **frustrate** |  |  | woman's own evil designs |  |  |  |  | nom frustration «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **design** |  | woman |  |  |  |  |  | nom design «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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