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title: malignant — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «malignant» in the school dictionary: Malignant means evil and wishing harm to others. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# malignant

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**Who acts:** Malignant, illness, kind fairy, witch · **What happens:** mean, wish, grow, destroy, be · **To what, where:** evil, harm, illness, malignant witch

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«malignant» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: [malignant in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/malignant.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Malignant means evil and wishing harm to others.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:malignant:m1:1
# text = Malignant means evil and wishing harm to others.
1	Malignant	malignant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wishing	wish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Malignant | evil |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Topic |
| 2 | **wish** | gerund | Malignant *not said here* | harm |  |  |  | to others | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot harm=Theme |

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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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Malignant also means an illness that is growing and dangerous, such as a cancer. Old use in the first sense.

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*Sentence 1:* Malignant also means an illness that is growing and dangerous, such as a cancer.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:malignant:m2:1
# text = Malignant also means an illness that is growing and dangerous, such as a cancer.
1	Malignant	malignant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cancer	cancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Malignant | a illness and a cancer |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent illness=Topic |
| 2 | **grow** | present · progressive | a illness and a cancer |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 2:* Old use in the first sense.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:malignant:m2:2
# text = Old use in the first sense.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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In one of the stories a malignant witch is destroyed by a kind fairy.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:malignant:x1:1
# text = In one of the stories a malignant witch is destroyed by a kind fairy.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	malignant	malignant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | present · passive | a kind fairy | a malignant witch |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The witch was malignant and cruel.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:malignant:x2:1
# text = The witch was malignant and cruel.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	malignant	malignant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the witch |  |  |  |  | malignant *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the witch *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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