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title: unfollow — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unfollow» in the school dictionary: To stop following a person or account on social media, so you no longer see their posts. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unfollow

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**Who acts:** you, account, She, videos, He, friend · **What happens:** stop, follow, see, make, feel, unfollow · **To what, where:** person, posts, you, account, channel, him

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: online — kept apart, not parsed.

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To stop following a person or account on social media, so you no longer see their posts.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unfollow:m1:1
# text = To stop following a person or account on social media, so you no longer see their posts.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	media	media	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	no	no	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	16	advmod	_	_
16	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  | a person or account on social media |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive | you | person's posts |  |  |  | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer post=Stimulus |

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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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If an account makes you feel bad, you can unfollow it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unfollow:x1:1
# text = If an account makes you feel bad, you can unfollow it.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	unfollow	unfollow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a account | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **unfollow** | can | you | account |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She unfollowed the channel because the videos were too scary.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unfollow:x2:1
# text = She unfollowed the channel because the videos were too scary.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	unfollowed	unfollow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	channel	channel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	videos	video	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unfollow** | past | She | the channel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the videos |  |  |  |  | scary *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was upset when his friend unfollowed him.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unfollow:x3:1
# text = He was upset when his friend unfollowed him.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	unfollowed	unfollow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **unfollow** | past | his friend | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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I unfollowed the page because it was full of adverts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unfollow:x4:1
# text = I unfollowed the page because it was full of adverts.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	unfollowed	unfollow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	adverts	advert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unfollow** | past | I | the page |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | page |  |  |  |  | of adverts; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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You can unfollow without blocking.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unfollow:x5:1
# text = You can unfollow without blocking.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	unfollow	unfollow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	blocking	block	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unfollow** | can | You |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **block** | gerund | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After the argument, they unfollowed each other.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unfollow:x6:1
# text = After the argument, they unfollowed each other.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	unfollowed	unfollow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	6	obj	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unfollow** | past | they | each |  |  | after the argument |  | tree rules |

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