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title: insolent — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «insolent» in the school dictionary: Insolent means rude and cheeky in a proud, disrespectful way, especially to someone in charge. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# insolent

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**Who acts:** Insolent, insolent boy, insolent prince, you · **What happens:** mean, laugh, refuse, not bow, not give, answer · **To what, where:** rude

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Insolent means rude and cheeky in a proud, disrespectful way, especially to someone in charge.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insolent:m1:1
# text = Insolent means rude and cheeky in a proud, disrespectful way, especially to someone in charge.
1	Insolent	insolent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	disrespectful	disrespectful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	appos	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Insolent | rude |  |  |  | in a proud disrespectful way | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot rude=Theme in way=Attribute |

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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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An insolent boy laughed at the teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insolent:x1:1
# text = An insolent boy laughed at the teacher.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	insolent	insolent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	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 | **laugh** | past | a insolent boy |  |  |  |  | at the teacher | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The insolent prince refused to bow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insolent:x2:1
# text = The insolent prince refused to bow.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	insolent	insolent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bow	bow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | the insolent prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **bow** | to-infinitive | the insolent prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Do not give an insolent answer to your mother.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insolent:x3:1
# text = Do not give an insolent answer to your mother.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	insolent	insolent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 | **not** **give** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a insolent |  |  |  |  | to your mother | vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mother=Co-Agent |

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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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