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title: unjustified — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unjustified» in the school dictionary: Unjustified means not fair or not reasonable; without a good reason. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unjustified

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**Who acts:** Unjustified, punishment, anger, His, price rise, decision · **What happens:** mean, be, anger, seem, decide, fear · **To what, where:** unjustified attack

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Unjustified means not fair or not reasonable; without a good reason.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unjustified:m1:1
# text = Unjustified means not fair or not reasonable; without a good reason.
1	Unjustified	unjustified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Unjustified |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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}

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The punishment was unjustified.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unjustified:x1:1
# text = The punishment was unjustified.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unjustified	unjustified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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His anger at me was unjustified.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unjustified:x2:1
# text = His anger at me was unjustified.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	unjustified	unjustified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | His anger at me |  |  |  |  | unjustified *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **anger** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  | at me | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent at=obl |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The price rise is unjustified.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unjustified:x3:1
# text = The price rise is unjustified.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	rise	rise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unjustified	unjustified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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** | present | the price rise |  |  |  |  | unjustified *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The referee's decision seemed unjustified.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unjustified:x4:1
# text = The referee's decision seemed unjustified.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	unjustified	unjustified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | past | the referee's decision |  |  |  |  | unjustified *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **decide** |  | the referee |  |  |  |  |  | nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Your fears are unjustified.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unjustified:x5:1
# text = Your fears are unjustified.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fears	fear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unjustified	unjustified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Your fears |  |  |  |  | unjustified *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fear** |  | Your |  |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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It was an unjustified attack.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unjustified:x6:1
# text = It was an unjustified attack.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	unjustified	unjustified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	attack	attack	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 | It | a unjustified attack |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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