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title: inferiority — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «inferiority» in the school dictionary: The inferiority of something is the state of being lower in rank, quality or skill than others, or feeling less good than them. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# inferiority

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**Who acts:** inferiority, He, story, team, people, others · **What happens:** be, feel, sense, show, lose, think · **To what, where:** rank, sense, inferiority · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«inferiority» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [inferiority in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inferiority.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The inferiority of something is the state of being lower in rank, quality or skill than others, or feeling less good than them.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inferiority:m1:1
# text = The inferiority of something is the state of being lower in rank, quality or skill than others, or feeling less good than them.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	inferiority	inferiority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
10	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
17	than	than	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
22	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	23	amod	_	_
23	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	xcomp	_	_
24	than	than	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the inferiority of something |  |  | rank and quality or skill |  | than others; low *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | gerund | the inferiority of something *not said here* |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He felt a sense of inferiority beside the older boys.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inferiority:x1:1
# text = He felt a sense of inferiority beside the older boys.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	inferiority	inferiority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | He | a sense of inferiority |  |  |  | beside the older boys | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sense=Theme beside boy=Location |
| 2 | **sense** |  |  | inferiority |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The story shows the inferiority of the wicked brothers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inferiority:x2:1
# text = The story shows the inferiority of the wicked brothers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	inferiority	inferiority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the story | the inferiority of the wicked brothers |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent inferiority=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The team lost because of their inferiority in speed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inferiority:x3:1
# text = The team lost because of their inferiority in speed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	inferiority	inferiority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | the team |  |  |  |  | because their inferiority in speed | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some people wrongly think others have an inferiority.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:inferiority:x4:1
# text = Some people wrongly think others have an inferiority.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	inferiority	inferiority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | some people |  |  |  |  | wrongly *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | others | a inferiority |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inferiority=Patient |

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