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title: vehemently — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «vehemently» in the school dictionary: Vehemently means with very strong feeling, especially when disagreeing or denying something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# vehemently

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**Who acts:** He, She, children, mayor, They · **What happens:** mean, disagree, deny, steal, oppose, argue · **To what, where:** something, cookies, plan, friend, head

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Vehemently means with very strong feeling, especially when disagreeing or denying something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vehemently:m1:1
# text = Vehemently means with very strong feeling, especially when disagreeing or denying something.
1	Vehemently	vehemently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	disagreeing	disagree	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	denying	deny	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
13	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with strong feeling; vehemently *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **disagree** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | especially *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **deny** | gerund |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

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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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He vehemently denied stealing the cookies.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vehemently:x1:1
# text = He vehemently denied stealing the cookies.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	vehemently	vehemently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	denied	deny	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cookies	cookie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deny** | past | He |  |  |  |  | vehemently *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | gerund | He *not said here* | the cookies |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cookie=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She vehemently opposed the plan.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vehemently:x2:1
# text = She vehemently opposed the plan.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	vehemently	vehemently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	opposed	oppose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plan	plan	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 | **oppose** | past | She | the plan |  |  |  | vehemently *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The children argued vehemently about the rules.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vehemently:x3:1
# text = The children argued vehemently about the rules.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	vehemently	vehemently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	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 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | the children |  |  |  |  | about the rules; vehemently *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about rule=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The mayor vehemently refused.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vehemently:x4:1
# text = The mayor vehemently refused.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	vehemently	vehemently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	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 | **refuse** | past | the mayor |  |  |  |  | vehemently *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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They vehemently defended their friend.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vehemently:x5:1
# text = They vehemently defended their friend.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	vehemently	vehemently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	defended	defend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	friend	friend	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 | **defend** | past | They |  | their friend |  |  | vehemently *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Beneficiary |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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He shook his head vehemently.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vehemently:x6:1
# text = He shook his head vehemently.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	vehemently	vehemently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past | He | his head |  |  |  | vehemently *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

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