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title: gratifying — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gratifying» in the school dictionary: pleasing, giving satisfaction or happiness. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gratifying

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**Who acts:** you, it · **What happens:** please, give, listen, gratify, find · **To what, where:** satisfaction, them, oneself

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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pleasing, giving satisfaction or happiness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gratifying:m1:1
# text = pleasing, giving satisfaction or happiness.
1	pleasing	please	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **please** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **give** | gerund |  | satisfaction or happiness |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent satisfaction=Theme |

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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}

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Listen to them; it is very gratifying.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gratifying:x1:1
# text = Listen to them; it is very gratifying.
1	Listen	listen	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	gratifying	gratify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to they=Theme |
| 2 | **gratify** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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It is most gratifying to find oneself popular.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gratifying:x2:1
# text = It is most gratifying to find oneself popular.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gratifying	gratify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	oneself	oneself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gratify** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | oneself |  |  |  | popular *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oneself=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A gratifying prize for a good deed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gratifying:x3:1
# text = A gratifying prize for a good deed.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gratifying	gratify	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	deed	deed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gratify** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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