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title: insolence — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «insolence» in the school dictionary: Insolence is rude, cheeky behaviour towards someone in charge or older than you. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# insolence

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**Who acts:** Insolence, king, you, I · **What happens:** be, not tolerate, stop, say, not forgive · **To what, where:** rude cheeky behaviour, proud manner, such insolence, insolence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Insolence is rude, cheeky behaviour towards someone in charge or older than you.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insolence:m1:1
# text = Insolence is rude, cheeky behaviour towards someone in charge or older than you.
1	Insolence	insolence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	conj	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Insolence | rude cheeky behaviour |  |  |  | towards someone | tree rules |

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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}

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Insolence is a proud and disrespectful manner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insolence:m2:1
# text = Insolence is a proud and disrespectful manner.
1	Insolence	insolence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	disrespectful	disrespectful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	manner	manner	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 | **is a** | present | Insolence | a proud manner |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The king would not tolerate such insolence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insolence:x1:1
# text = The king would not tolerate such insolence.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	tolerate	tolerate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	insolence	insolence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tolerate** | would | the king | such insolence |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer insolence=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Stop that insolence and say sorry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insolence:x2:1
# text = Stop that insolence and say sorry.
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	insolence	insolence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | that insolence |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality insolence=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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I will not forgive your insolence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insolence:x3:1
# text = I will not forgive your insolence.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	insolence	insolence	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 | **not** **forgive** | future | I | your insolence |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insolence=Theme |

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