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title: importunity — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «importunity» in the school dictionary: Importunity is the habit of asking again and again, pestering someone until they give in. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# importunity

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**Who acts:** Importunity, habit, they, I, father · **What happens:** be, ask, pester, give in, not bear, get · **To what, where:** habit, someone, one such pestering request, importunity, peace, old man

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Importunity is the habit of asking again and again, pestering someone until they give in.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:importunity:m1:1
# text = Importunity is the habit of asking again and again, pestering someone until they give in.
1	Importunity	importunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	pestering	pester	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	conj	_	_
12	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	_
13	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Importunity | the habit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the habit *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pester** | gerund | the habit *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer |
| 4 | **give in** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An importunity is one such pestering request.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:importunity:m2:1
# text = An importunity is one such pestering request.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	importunity	importunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	pestering	pester	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pester** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a importunity | one such pestering request |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I could not bear the importunity of these flies.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:importunity:x1:1
# text = I could not bear the importunity of these flies.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	importunity	importunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bear** | could | I | the importunity of this flies |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent importunity=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The father gave in to their importunities to get some peace.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:importunity:x2:1
# text = The father gave in to their importunities to get some peace.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	importunities	importunity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give in** | past | the father |  |  |  |  | to their importunities | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to importunity=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | the father *not said here* | some peace |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer peace=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her importunity wore down the old man at last.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:importunity:x3:1
# text = Her importunity wore down the old man at last.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	importunity	importunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear down** | past | Her importunity | the old man |  | last |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent man=Source |

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