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title: hinder — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hinder» in the school dictionary: To hinder is to make it hard for someone to do something or to get somewhere; to slow them down or get in their way. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hinder

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**Who acts:** hinder, someone, fallen tree, our, Heavy rain, you · **What happens:** be, do, get, slow down, fall, hinder · **To what, where:** something, them, way, walk, workers, noise

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To hinder is to make it hard for someone to do something or to get somewhere; to slow them down or get in their way.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hinder:m1:1
# text = To hinder is to make it hard for someone to do something or to get somewhere; to slow them down or get in their way.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hinder	hinder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
12	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
16	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	slow	slow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	down	down	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | hinder |  |  |  |  | hard, make *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | someone | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | someone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | somewhere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **slow down** | to-infinitive | hinder *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 5 | **get** | infinitive | hinder *not said here* |  |  | their way |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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The fallen tree hindered our walk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hinder:x1:1
# text = The fallen tree hindered our walk.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hindered	hinder	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hinder** | past | the fallen tree | our walk |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer walk=Eventuality |
| 3 | **walk** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Heavy rain hindered the workers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hinder:x2:1
# text = Heavy rain hindered the workers.
1	Heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hindered	hinder	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hinder** | past | Heavy rain | the workers |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer worker=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't let noise hinder your reading.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hinder:x3:1
# text = Don't let noise hinder your reading.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	hinder	hinder	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | noise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hinder** | infinitive | noise *not said here* | your reading |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer reading=Eventuality |
| 3 | **read** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom reading «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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