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title: tush — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tush» in the school dictionary: A cry of scorn, used to say that something is nonsense or that you do not agree. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tush

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**Who acts:** something, you, scorn, we, that, I · **What happens:** use, say, be, not agree, cry, fare · **To what, where:** cry, another, nonsense, Tush · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A cry of scorn, used to say that something is nonsense or that you do not agree.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tush:m1:1
# text = A cry of scorn, used to say that something is nonsense or that you do not agree.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	scorn	scorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	nonsense	nonsense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | a cry of scorn *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | something |  |  |  |  | nonsense *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **agree** *speech: agree* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **cry** |  | scorn |  |  |  |  |  | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=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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"Tush! we shall fare better here," said another.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tush:x1:1
# text = "Tush! we shall fare better here," said another.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Tush	tush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	fare	fare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
7	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fare** *in a quote* | shall | we |  |  | here |  | Tush *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past |  | another |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Tush, that is nonsense.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tush:x2:1
# text = Tush, that is nonsense.
1	Tush	tush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tush, I do not believe it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tush:x3:1
# text = Tush, I do not believe it.
1	Tush	tush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **believe** | present · do-support | I | Tush |  |  |  | Tush *vocative* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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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