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title: uglify — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «uglify» in the school dictionary: To make something ugly or uglier. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# uglify

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**Who acts:** huge car park, Graffiti, teacher, witch, people, new tower block · **What happens:** make, uglify, not uglify, say, try, think · **To what, where:** something, village, old bridge, homework, princess, skyline · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«uglify» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [uglify in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uglify.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To make something ugly or uglier.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uglify:m1:1
# text = To make something ugly or uglier.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	uglier	ugly	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product |

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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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The huge car park uglified the village green.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uglify:x1:1
# text = The huge car park uglified the village green.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	uglified	uglify	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **uglify** | past | the huge car park | the village |  |  |  | green *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Graffiti uglified the old bridge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uglify:x2:1
# text = Graffiti uglified the old bridge.
1	Graffiti	Graffiti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uglified	uglify	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **uglify** | past | Graffiti | the old bridge |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Don't uglify your homework with scribbles,» said the teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uglify:x3:1
# text = «Don't uglify your homework with scribbles,» said the teacher.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Do	do	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	uglify	uglify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	scribbles	scribble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **uglify** *in a quote* | do-support |  | your homework |  |  |  | with scribbles | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The witch tried to uglify the princess with a spell.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uglify:x4:1
# text = The witch tried to uglify the princess with a spell.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	uglify	uglify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | the witch |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **uglify** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the witch *not said here* | the princess |  |  |  | with a spell | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Some people think the new tower block uglifies the skyline.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uglify:x5:1
# text = Some people think the new tower block uglifies the skyline.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	uglifies	uglify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	skyline	skyline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | some people |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **uglify** | present | the new tower block | the skyline |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The programmer used a tool to uglify the code.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uglify:x6:1
# text = The programmer used a tool to uglify the code.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	programmer	programmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	uglify	uglify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the programmer | a tool |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Patient |
| 2 | **uglify** | to-infinitive | the programmer *not said here* | the code |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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