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title: nauseating — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nauseating» in the school dictionary: Making you feel sick, as if you might vomit. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# nauseating

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**Who acts:** you, smell, rollercoaster, Reading, bragging, rotten eggs · **What happens:** make, feel, vomit, nauseate, show, read · **To what, where:** you, off, car, nauseating stink, side effects, nauseating way

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«nauseating» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [nauseating in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nauseating.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Making you feel sick, as if you might vomit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nauseating:m1:1
# text = Making you feel sick, as if you might vomit.
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	vomit	vomit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |
| 2 | **feel** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **vomit** *a condition, not said to happen* | might | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Very annoying or unpleasant, as in "nauseating showing-off".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nauseating:m2:1
# text = Very annoying or unpleasant, as in "nauseating showing-off".
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	annoying	annoying	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	nauseating	nauseate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	off	off	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nauseate** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** *in a quote* | gerund |  | off |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent off=Recipient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The smell from the bin was nauseating.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nauseating:x1:1
# text = The smell from the bin was nauseating.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	nauseating	nauseate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nauseate** | past · progressive | the smell from the bin |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rollercoaster was so fast it was nauseating.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nauseating:x2:1
# text = The rollercoaster was so fast it was nauseating.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rollercoaster	rollercoaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	nauseating	nauseate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nauseate** | past · progressive | the rollercoaster |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Reading in the car can be nauseating.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nauseating:x3:1
# text = Reading in the car can be nauseating.
1	Reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	nauseating	nauseate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  |  |  | the car |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **nauseate** | can · progressive | Reading |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His bragging was nauseating.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nauseating:x4:1
# text = His bragging was nauseating.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bragging	bragging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	nauseating	nauseate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nauseate** | past · progressive | His bragging |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rotten eggs gave off a nauseating stink.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nauseating:x5:1
# text = The rotten eggs gave off a nauseating stink.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rotten	rotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	nauseating	nauseate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	stink	stink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give off** | past | the rotten eggs | a nauseating stink |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source stink=Theme |
| 2 | **nauseate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some medicines have nauseating side effects.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nauseating:x6:1
# text = Some medicines have nauseating side effects.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	medicines	medicine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	nauseating	nauseate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	effects	effect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | some medicines |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **nauseate** | gerund | some medicines *not said here* | side effects |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus effect=Experiencer |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The boat rocked in a nauseating way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nauseating:x7:1
# text = The boat rocked in a nauseating way.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rocked	rock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	nauseating	nauseate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	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 | **rock** | past | the boat |  |  | a nauseating way |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Location |
| 2 | **nauseate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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