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title: mortification — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mortification» in the school dictionary: Mortification is a deep feeling of shame or humiliation, often mixed with anger, when someone has been shamed or let down. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mortification

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**Who acts:** Mortification, wicked woman, woman, everyone, His, She · **What happens:** be, mix, shame, let down, hear, laugh · **To what, where:** deep feeling, someone, words, mistake, mortification, smile

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Mortification is a deep feeling of shame or humiliation, often mixed with anger, when someone has been shamed or let down.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mortification:m1:1
# text = Mortification is a deep feeling of shame or humiliation, often mixed with anger, when someone has been shamed or let down.
1	Mortification	mortification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	humiliation	humiliation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
17	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	shamed	shame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
23	down	down	ADP	RP	_	22	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mortification | a deep feeling |  |  |  | of shame or humiliation | tree rules |
| 2 | **mix** | participle |  | a deep feeling *not said here* |  |  |  | with anger; often *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with anger=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **shame** | present · perfect · passive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 4 | **let down** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

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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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When the wicked woman heard these words, she was beside herself with rage and mortification.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mortification:x1:1
# text = When the wicked woman heard these words, she was beside herself with rage and mortification.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	mortification	mortification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | the wicked woman | this words |  |  |  | with rage and mortification | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | woman |  |  |  |  | beside woman | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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His mortification was plain when everyone laughed at his mistake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mortification:x2:1
# text = His mortification was plain when everyone laughed at his mistake.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mortification	mortification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
7	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | His mortification |  |  |  |  | plain *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | past | everyone |  |  | his mistake |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mortify** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mortification «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **mistake** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She hid her mortification behind a smile.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mortification:x3:1
# text = She hid her mortification behind a smile.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mortification	mortification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	smile	smile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | She | her mortification |  | a smile |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mortification=Patient behind smile=Location |
| 2 | **mortify** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mortification «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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