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title: unconcern — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unconcern» in the school dictionary: Lack of worry or interest, so that someone seems calm or careless about something that matters. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unconcern

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**Who acts:** Lack, He, fox, unconcern · **What happens:** seem, matter, lack, show, answer, hide · **To what, where:** worry, unconcern, fear

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Lack of worry or interest, so that someone seems calm or careless about something that matters.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unconcern:m1:1
# text = Lack of worry or interest, so that someone seems calm or careless about something that matters.
1	Lack	lack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
10	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obl	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | Lack of worry or interest |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **matter** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **lack** |  |  | worry or interest |  |  |  |  | nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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 -->
He showed unconcern about the test.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unconcern:x1:1
# text = He showed unconcern about the test.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	unconcern	unconcern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | He | unconcern |  |  |  | about the test | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent unconcern=Recipient about test=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fox answered with unconcern.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unconcern:x2:1
# text = The fox answered with unconcern.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	unconcern	unconcern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the fox |  |  |  |  | with unconcern | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her unconcern hid her fear.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unconcern:x3:1
# text = Her unconcern hid her fear.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	unconcern	unconcern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | Her unconcern | unconcern's fear |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient |
| 2 | **fear** |  | unconcern |  |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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