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title: inconsolable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «inconsolable» in the school dictionary: So sad or upset that nothing can cheer you up: an inconsolable child after losing a toy. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# inconsolable

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**Who acts:** nothing, inconsolable child, little girl, puppy, king, He · **What happens:** cheer up, lose, be, run away · **To what, where:** you, toy, best friend

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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So sad or upset that nothing can cheer you up: an inconsolable child after losing a toy.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inconsolable:m1:1
# text = So sad or upset that nothing can cheer you up: an inconsolable child after losing a toy.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	cheer	cheer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	inconsolable	inconsolable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
15	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheer up** | can | nothing | you |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
| 2 | **lose** | gerund | a inconsolable child *not said here* | a toy |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Eventuality |

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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 little girl was inconsolable when her puppy ran away.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inconsolable:x1:1
# text = The little girl was inconsolable when her puppy ran away.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	inconsolable	inconsolable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the little girl |  |  |  |  | inconsolable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run away** | past | girl's puppy |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The king was inconsolable after the storm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inconsolable:x2:1
# text = The king was inconsolable after the storm.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	inconsolable	inconsolable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the king |  |  |  | after the storm | inconsolable *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He was inconsolable at losing his best friend.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inconsolable:x3:1
# text = He was inconsolable at losing his best friend.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	inconsolable	inconsolable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	obl	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | inconsolable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | gerund |  | his best friend |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality |

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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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