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title: remonstrate — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «remonstrate» in the school dictionary: To protest or argue firmly against something, saying it is wrong or unfair. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# remonstrate

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**Who acts:** it, That, she, He, Mum, we · **What happens:** protest, argue, say, be, not be, remonstrate · **To what, where:** cake, mess · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To protest or argue firmly against something, saying it is wrong or unfair.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remonstrate:m1:1
# text = To protest or argue firmly against something, saying it is wrong or unfair.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	protest	protest	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	argue	argue	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | against something; firmly *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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"That is not fair," she remonstrated with the referee.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remonstrate:x1:1
# text = "That is not fair," she remonstrated with the referee.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	remonstrated	remonstrate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | That |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **remonstrate** | past | she |  |  |  |  | with the referee | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with referee=Co-Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He remonstrated that he had not taken the cake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remonstrate:x2:1
# text = He remonstrated that he had not taken the cake.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remonstrated	remonstrate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remonstrate** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **take** | past · perfect | he | the cake |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Mum remonstrated when we left the mess.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remonstrate:x3:1
# text = Mum remonstrated when we left the mess.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remonstrated	remonstrate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mess	mess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remonstrate** | past | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | past | we | the mess |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mess=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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