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title: misgiving — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «misgiving» in the school dictionary: A misgiving is a worry or doubt that something will go wrong, or that a plan is not a good idea. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# misgiving

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**Who acts:** misgiving, something, plan, She, He, some · **What happens:** be, go, not be, have, feel, misgive · **To what, where:** worry, doubt, good idea, misgivings, shore, mud

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A misgiving is a worry or doubt that something will go wrong, or that a plan is not a good idea.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:misgiving:m1:1
# text = A misgiving is a worry or doubt that something will go wrong, or that a plan is not a good idea.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	misgiving	misgiving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
19	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a misgiving | a worry or doubt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | future | something | doubt *not said here* |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location doubt=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | present | a plan | a good idea |  |  |  |  | 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had misgivings about the dark forest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:misgiving:x1:1
# text = She had misgivings about the dark forest.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	misgivings	misgiving	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | misgivings |  |  |  | about the dark forest | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misgiving=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He felt some misgiving as the boat left the shore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:misgiving:x2:1
# text = He felt some misgiving as the boat left the shore.
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	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
4	misgiving	misgive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	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 |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **misgive** | gerund | some |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave** | past | the boat | the shore |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shore=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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I have no misgivings about the trip; it will be fun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:misgiving:x3:1
# text = I have no misgivings about the trip; it will be fun.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	misgivings	misgiving	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	fun	fun	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | I | no misgivings |  |  |  | about the trip | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misgiving=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | future | trip |  |  |  |  | fun *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her misgivings grew when the road turned to mud.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:misgiving:x4:1
# text = Her misgivings grew when the road turned to mud.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	misgivings	misgiving	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Her misgivings |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | past | the road | mud |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mud=Theme |
| 3 | **misgive** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom misgiving «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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