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title: troublesome — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «troublesome» in the school dictionary: Causing trouble, worry or difficulty; annoying or hard to deal with. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# troublesome

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**Who acts:** troublesome cough, troublesome puppy, Toad, last sum, Weeds, troublesome wind · **What happens:** cause, deal, keep, chew, be, blow away · **To what, where:** trouble, me, shoes, troublesome friend, garden, kite

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Causing trouble, worry or difficulty; annoying or hard to deal with.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:troublesome:m1:1
# text = Causing trouble, worry or difficulty; annoying or hard to deal with.
1	Causing	cause	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	annoying	annoying	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	deal	deal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | gerund |  | trouble and worry or difficulty |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient |
| 2 | **deal** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That troublesome cough kept me awake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:troublesome:x1:1
# text = That troublesome cough kept me awake.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	troublesome	troublesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cough	cough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | that troublesome cough | me |  |  |  | awake *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The troublesome puppy chewed my shoes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:troublesome:x2:1
# text = The troublesome puppy chewed my shoes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	troublesome	troublesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chewed	chew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | past | the troublesome puppy | my shoes |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Toad was a troublesome friend.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:troublesome:x3:1
# text = Toad was a troublesome friend.
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	troublesome	troublesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	friend	friend	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** | past | Toad | a troublesome friend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The last sum was the most troublesome.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:troublesome:x4:1
# text = The last sum was the most troublesome.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	troublesome	troublesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Weeds are troublesome in the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:troublesome:x5:1
# text = Weeds are troublesome in the garden.
1	Weeds	weed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	troublesome	troublesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Weeds |  |  | the garden |  | troublesome *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The troublesome wind kept blowing my kite away.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:troublesome:x6:1
# text = The troublesome wind kept blowing my kite away.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	troublesome	troublesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the troublesome wind |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **blow away** | gerund | the troublesome wind *not said here* | my kite |  |  |  | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent kite=Patient |
| 3 | **kite** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom kite «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

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They—they—they were so—so troublesome—that I could not manage them at all.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:troublesome:x7:1
# text = They—they—they were so—so troublesome—that I could not manage them at all.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	troublesome	troublesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	manage	manage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | troublesome *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **manage** | could | I | them *= they* |  | all |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent they=Theme at all=Eventuality |

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