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title: ridiculous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ridiculous» in the school dictionary: Very silly or unreasonable, so that people may laugh at it: «a ridiculous hat». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ridiculous

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**Who acts:** people, price, That, Toad, Sentence, Stuff · **What happens:** laugh, be, look, say, weigh, check · **To what, where:** it, ridiculous excuse, 400 kg, cat, ridiculous hat, one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«ridiculous» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [ridiculous in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ridiculous.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Very silly or unreasonable, so that people may laugh at it: «a ridiculous hat».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ridiculous:m1:1
# text = Very silly or unreasonable, so that people may laugh at it: «a ridiculous hat».
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	unreasonable	unreasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | may | people |  |  | it |  |  | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Extreme; amazing: «The price was ridiculous.».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ridiculous:m2:1
# text = Extreme; amazing: «The price was ridiculous.».
1	Extreme	extreme	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	amazing	amazing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the price |  |  |  |  | ridiculous *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That's a ridiculous excuse!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ridiculous:x1:1
# text = That's a ridiculous excuse!
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | a ridiculous excuse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Toad looked ridiculous in the washerwoman's bonnet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ridiculous:x2:1
# text = Toad looked ridiculous in the washerwoman's bonnet.
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | Toad |  |  |  |  | in the washerwoman's bonnet; ridiculous *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in bonnet=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Sentence first — verdict afterwards!» said the Queen. «Stuff and nonsense!» said Alice, because it was ridiculous.

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*Sentence 1:* «Sentence first — verdict afterwards!» said the Queen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ridiculous:x3:1
# text = «Sentence first — verdict afterwards!» said the Queen.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	_
4	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	verdict	verdict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Sentence |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 2:* «Stuff and nonsense!» said Alice, because it was ridiculous.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ridiculous:x3:2
# text = «Stuff and nonsense!» said Alice, because it was ridiculous.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Stuff and nonsense |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | nonsense |  |  |  |  | ridiculous *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shoes were ridiculously expensive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ridiculous:x4:1
# text = The shoes were ridiculously expensive.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	ridiculously	ridiculously	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the shoes |  |  |  |  | expensive, ridiculously *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If your answer says a cat weighs 400 kg, it's ridiculous — check it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ridiculous:x5:1
# text = If your answer says a cat weighs 400 kg, it's ridiculous — check it.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	weighs	weigh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	400	400	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	kg	kg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
14	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
15	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | your answer |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **weigh** | present | a cat | 400 kg |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme kg=Value |
| 3 | **is** | present | cat |  |  |  |  | ridiculous *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **check** | infinitive |  | cat |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 5 | **answer** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wore a ridiculous hat with a feather.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ridiculous:x6:1
# text = He wore a ridiculous hat with a feather.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | He | a ridiculous hat |  |  |  | with a feather | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"What a ridiculous little shoot!" said one.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ridiculous:x7:1
# text = "What a ridiculous little shoot!" said one.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shoot	shoot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | what ridiculous little shoot | one |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent one=Topic |

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