---
title: insufferable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «insufferable» in the school dictionary: Insufferable means so bad or unpleasant that it cannot be put up with. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insufferable/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/) / insufferable

# insufferable

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** Insufferable, insufferable person, others, heat, bragging, noise · **What happens:** mean, not put up, be, not bear, become, noise · **To what, where:** it, them

<!-- .vabout -->
«insufferable» 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: [insufferable in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insufferable.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Insufferable means so bad or unpleasant that it cannot be put up with.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insufferable:m1:1
# text = Insufferable means so bad or unpleasant that it cannot be put up with.
1	Insufferable	Insufferable	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Insufferable |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **put up** | can · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An insufferable person is so annoying or boastful that others cannot bear them.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insufferable:m2:1
# text = An insufferable person is so annoying or boastful that others cannot bear them.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	insufferable	insufferable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	annoying	annoying	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	boastful	boastful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a insufferable person |  |  |  |  | annoying *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | a insufferable person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **bear** | can | others | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The heat in the tent was insufferable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insufferable:x1:1
# text = The heat in the tent was insufferable.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	insufferable	insufferable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the heat in the tent |  |  |  |  | insufferable *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His bragging became insufferable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insufferable:x2:1
# text = His bragging became insufferable.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bragging	bragging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	insufferable	insufferable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | His bragging |  |  |  |  | insufferable *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The noise of the drills was insufferable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insufferable:x3:1
# text = The noise of the drills was insufferable.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	drills	drill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	insufferable	insufferable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the noise of the drills |  |  |  |  | insufferable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **noise** |  | the drills |  |  |  |  |  | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [insubordination](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insubordination/)
- next →: [insufficiency](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insufficiency/)
- ↑ back to [I in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/)