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title: patronizing — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «patronizing» in the school dictionary: Patronizing describes talk or manners that treat someone as if they are less clever or less important, in a kind but proud way. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# patronizing

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**Who acts:** Patronizing, talk, you, I, She, giant · **What happens:** describe, treat, be, do, not be, give · **To what, where:** talk, someone, it, patronizing smile, him, patronizing voice · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Patronizing describes talk or manners that treat someone as if they are less clever or less important, in a kind but proud way.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:patronizing:m1:1
# text = Patronizing describes talk or manners that treat someone as if they are less clever or less important, in a kind but proud way.
1	Patronizing	patronizing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	conj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	treat	treat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	_
14	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	17	advmod	_	_
17	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	parataxis	_	_
22	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | Patronizing | talk or manners |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent talk=Theme |
| 2 | **treat** | present | talk or manners |  | someone |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** | present | talk |  |  |  |  | clever, less *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | talk *not said here* |  |  |  |  | less *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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Don't be so patronizing; I can do it myself.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:patronizing:x1:1
# text = Don't be so patronizing; I can do it myself.
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	patronizing	patronize	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	myself	myself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | patronize *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | can | I | it |  |  |  | myself *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She gave him a patronizing smile.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:patronizing:x2:1
# text = She gave him a patronizing smile.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	patronizing	patronize	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	smile	smile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | She | a patronizing smile | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient smile=Theme |
| 2 | **patronize** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The giant spoke in a patronizing voice to the children.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:patronizing:x3:1
# text = The giant spoke in a patronizing voice to the children.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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	patronizing	patronize	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the giant |  |  | a patronizing voice |  | to the children | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to child=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **patronize** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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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