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title: officious — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «officious» in the school dictionary: Officious means too eager to give help or orders when nobody asked for them. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# officious

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**Who acts:** Officious, help, nobody, person, they, officious clerk · **What happens:** mean, give, order, ask, describe, behave · **To what, where:** help, person, us, bag, cup · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«officious» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [officious in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/officious.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Officious means too eager to give help or orders when nobody asked for them.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:officious:m1:1
# text = Officious means too eager to give help or orders when nobody asked for them.
1	Officious	Officious	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	orders	order	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	nsubj	_	_
12	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Officious |  |  |  |  | eager *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | Officious *not said here* | help |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Theme |
| 3 | **order** | present | help *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | nobody |  |  |  |  | for them *= they* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Officious describes a person who behaves as if they are in charge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:officious:m2:1
# text = Officious describes a person who behaves as if they are in charge.
1	Officious	Officious	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	behaves	behave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | Officious | a person |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 2 | **behave** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | as charge | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The officious clerk kept telling us what to do.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:officious:x1:1
# text = The officious clerk kept telling us what to do.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	officious	officious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the officious clerk |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | the officious clerk *not said here* |  | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The officious guard checked every bag twice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:officious:x2:1
# text = The officious guard checked every bag twice.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	officious	officious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	checked	check	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | past | the officious guard | every bag |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her officious helpers filled his cup again and again.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:officious:x3:1
# text = Her officious helpers filled his cup again and again.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	officious	officious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	helpers	helper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past | Her officious helpers | his cup |  |  | again |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cup=Patient |

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