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title: unwelcome — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unwelcome» in the school dictionary: Not wanted; people do not want it or them to come or stay. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unwelcome

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**Who acts:** people, Bad news, king · **What happens:** not want, come, stay, knock, be, want · **To what, where:** it, unwelcome visitor

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Not wanted; people do not want it or them to come or stay.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unwelcome:m1:1
# text = Not wanted; people do not want it or them to come or stay.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | people | it |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
| 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **stay** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 unwelcome visitor knocked at the door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unwelcome:x1:1
# text = The unwelcome visitor knocked at the door.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unwelcome	unwelcome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	knocked	knock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | participle |  | the unwelcome visitor *not said here* |  |  |  | at the door | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Bad news is always unwelcome.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unwelcome:x2:1
# text = Bad news is always unwelcome.
1	Bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	unwelcome	unwelcome	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 | Bad news |  |  |  |  | always, unwelcome *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The king wanted to be rid of his unwelcome guests.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unwelcome:x3:1
# text = The king wanted to be rid of his unwelcome guests.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	unwelcome	unwelcome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	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 | **want** | past | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of king's unwelcome guests; rid *property* | tree rules |

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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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