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title: mistrust — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mistrust» in the school dictionary: Mistrust is a feeling that someone cannot be trusted or that something is not safe. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mistrust

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**Who acts:** Mistrust, something, villagers, you, His · **What happens:** be, not trust, not be, have, mistrust, not mistrust · **To what, where:** feeling, someone, mistrust, stranger, friends, it

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Mistrust is a feeling that someone cannot be trusted or that something is not safe.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistrust:m1:1
# text = Mistrust is a feeling that someone cannot be trusted or that something is not safe.
1	Mistrust	Mistrust	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mistrust | a feeling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **trust** | can · passive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **is** | present | something |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | 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}

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There was mistrust between the two brothers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistrust:x1:1
# text = There was mistrust between the two brothers.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mistrust	mistrust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **be** | past | mistrust between the two brothers |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The villagers had mistrust of the stranger.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistrust:x2:1
# text = The villagers had mistrust of the stranger.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	mistrust	mistrust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the villagers | mistrust of the stranger |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistrust=Patient |
| 2 | **mistrust** |  |  | the stranger |  |  |  |  | nom mistrust «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Do not mistrust your friends without reason.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistrust:x3:1
# text = Do not mistrust your friends without reason.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	mistrust	mistrust	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mistrust** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | your friends |  |  |  | without reason | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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His mistrust made it hard to make peace.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistrust:x4:1
# text = His mistrust made it hard to make peace.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mistrust	mistrust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | His mistrust | it |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | peace |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peace=Product |
| 3 | **mistrust** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mistrust «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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