aggravation
Who acts: Vivien, delay, Noisy neighbours · What happens: cause, keep, bother, make, be · To what, where: anger, you, bad situation, great aggravation, aggravation
«aggravation» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: aggravation in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Annoyance, irritation or anger caused by something that keeps bothering you.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annoyance | annoyance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 irritation | punct |
| 3 | irritation | irritation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Annoyance | conj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 anger | cc |
| 5 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Annoyance | conj |
| 6 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 anger | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 something | case |
| 8 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 caused | obl:agent |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 keeps | nsubj |
| 10 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 something | acl:relcl |
| 11 | bothering | bother | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 keeps | xcomp |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 bothering | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Annoyance | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | participle | anger not said here | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 2 | keep | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | bother | gerund | you | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |
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.
Meaning 2
Something that makes a bad situation worse.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Something | acl:relcl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 situation | det |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 situation | amod |
| 6 | situation | situation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obj |
| 7 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Something | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a bad situation | bad property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset situation=Product |
Example 1
Prince Vivien was wild with aggravation.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Vivien | nmod:desc |
| 2 | Vivien | Vivien | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 wild | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wild | cop |
| 4 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 aggravation | case |
| 6 | aggravation | aggravation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wild | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 wild | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Vivien Prince | with aggravation; wild property | tree rules |
Example 2
The delay was a great aggravation to the Prince.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 delay | det |
| 2 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 aggravation | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 aggravation | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 aggravation | det |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 aggravation | amod |
| 6 | aggravation | aggravation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Prince | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Prince | det |
| 9 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 aggravation | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 aggravation | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the delay | a great aggravation | to the Prince | tree rules |
Example 3
Noisy neighbours are an aggravation.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noisy | noisy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 neighbours | amod |
| 2 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 aggravation | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 aggravation | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 aggravation | det |
| 5 | aggravation | aggravation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 aggravation | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Noisy neighbours | a aggravation | tree rules |
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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