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title: remonstrance — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «remonstrance» in the school dictionary: A complaint or protest; a firm objection made to someone who has done wrong. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# remonstrance

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**Who acts:** He, king, crowd · **What happens:** make, do, go, raise · **To what, where:** firm objection, remonstrance, loud remonstrance

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A complaint or protest; a firm objection made to someone who has done wrong.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remonstrance:m1:1
# text = A complaint or protest; a firm objection made to someone who has done wrong.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	complaint	complaint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	protest	protest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	objection	objection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a firm objection *not said here* |  |  |  | to someone | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **do** | present · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «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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He made a remonstrance to the teacher about the unfair test.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remonstrance:x1:1
# text = He made a remonstrance to the teacher about the unfair test.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	remonstrance	remonstrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | He | a remonstrance |  |  |  | to the teacher; about the unfair test | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remonstrance=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Despite her remonstrance, the king went ahead.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remonstrance:x2:1
# text = Despite her remonstrance, the king went ahead.
1	Despite	despite	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	remonstrance	remonstrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the king |  |  |  |  | despite her remonstrance; ahead *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The crowd raised a loud remonstrance.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remonstrance:x3:1
# text = The crowd raised a loud remonstrance.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	remonstrance	remonstrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **raise** | past | the crowd | a loud remonstrance |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remonstrance=Theme |

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