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title: impudence — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «impudence» in the school dictionary: Impudence is rude behaviour that shows no respect, especially cheek towards someone older or in charge. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# impudence

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**Who acts:** Impudence, rude behaviour, king, servants · **What happens:** be, show, warn, punish, treat · **To what, where:** rude behaviour, respect, him, impudence, her · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Impudence is rude behaviour that shows no respect, especially cheek towards someone older or in charge.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impudence:m1:1
# text = Impudence is rude behaviour that shows no respect, especially cheek towards someone older or in charge.
1	Impudence	impudence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	cheek	cheek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nmod	_	_
14	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Impudence | rude behaviour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | present | rude behaviour | no respect and cheek towards someone |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient |

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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 king warned him that impudence would be punished.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impudence:x1:1
# text = The king warned him that impudence would be punished.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	impudence	impudence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | the king |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **punish** | would · passive |  | impudence |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Pinocchio's impudence annoyed the wise old Cricket.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impudence:x2:1
# text = Pinocchio's impudence annoyed the wise old Cricket.
1	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	impudence	impudence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The servants treated her with impudence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impudence:x3:1
# text = The servants treated her with impudence.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	treated	treat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	impudence	impudence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | past | the servants |  | her *= she* |  |  | with impudence | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with impudence=Theme |

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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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