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title: molest — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «molest» in the school dictionary: To molest is to bother, annoy or attack someone, usually to harm them. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# molest

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**Who acts:** you, dog, Thieves, wolf · **What happens:** molest, be, annoy, attack, harm, not molest · **To what, where:** someone, them, hens, farm, flock, birds

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To molest is to bother, annoy or attack someone, usually to harm them.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:molest:m1:1
# text = To molest is to bother, annoy or attack someone, usually to harm them.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	molest	molest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	bother	bother	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	annoy	annoy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	attack	attack	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	harm	harm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **molest** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bother *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **annoy** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **attack** | infinitive | you *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient |
| 5 | **harm** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

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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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The dog did not molest the hens.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:molest:x1:1
# text = The dog did not molest the hens.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	molest	molest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **molest** | past · do-support | the dog | the hens |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hen=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Thieves came at night to molest the farm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:molest:x2:1
# text = Thieves came at night to molest the farm.
1	Thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	molest	molest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Thieves |  |  |  | night |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **molest** | to-infinitive | Thieves *not said here* | the farm |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus farm=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The wolf would not molest the flock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:molest:x3:1
# text = The wolf would not molest the flock.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	molest	molest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **molest** | would | the wolf | the flock |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus flock=Experiencer |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Do not molest the birds in their nest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:molest:x4:1
# text = Do not molest the birds in their nest.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	molest	molest	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **molest** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the birds |  | birds's nest |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bird=Experiencer |

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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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