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title: rebellious — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rebellious» in the school dictionary: Refusing to obey, and fighting against rules or the people in charge. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rebellious

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**Who acts:** Refusing, rebellious pony, little brother, rebellious soldiers · **What happens:** refuse, not obey, fight, kick, not go, be · **To what, where:** field, bedtime, orders

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Refusing to obey, and fighting against rules or the people in charge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rebellious:m1:1
# text = Refusing to obey, and fighting against rules or the people in charge.
1	Refusing	refuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **obey** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fight** | gerund | Refusing |  |  |  |  | against rules or the people in charge | vn battle-36.4-1 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The rebellious pony kicked and would not go into the field.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rebellious:x1:1
# text = The rebellious pony kicked and would not go into the field.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rebellious	rebellious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kicked	kick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | participle | the rebellious pony |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **go** | would | the rebellious pony *not said here* |  |  | the field |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into field=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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My little brother is rebellious at bedtime.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rebellious:x2:1
# text = My little brother is rebellious at bedtime.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rebellious	rebellious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | My little brother |  |  | bedtime |  | rebellious *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The rebellious soldiers refused to follow orders.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rebellious:x3:1
# text = The rebellious soldiers refused to follow orders.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rebellious	rebellious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | the rebellious soldiers |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **follow** | to-infinitive | the rebellious soldiers *not said here* | orders |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=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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