contemn

Who acts: you, they, proud king, people, others · What happens: look down, scorn, despise, not contemn, help, contemn · To what, where: it, small, you, advice, others

«contemn» 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: contemn in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

To look down on something as worthless; to scorn or despise it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 look	mark
2	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 scorn	advcl
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 look	compound:prt
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 something	case
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 look	obl
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 worthless	case
7	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 scorn	punct
9	to	to	PART	_	10 scorn	mark
10	scorn	scorn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 despise	cc
12	despise	despise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 scorn	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 despise	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 scorn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look down	to-infinitive		on something	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on something=Theme
2	scorn	to-infinitive			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	despise	infinitive	it		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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

Do not contemn the small and humble, for they may help you.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 contemn	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 contemn	advmod
3	contemn	contemn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 small	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 contemn	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 humble	cc
7	humble	humble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 small	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 help	punct
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	12 help	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 help	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 help	aux
12	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 contemn	conj
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 help	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 contemn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not contemn	imperative · do-support	you not said here	the small					tree rules
2	help	may	they		you				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary

Example 2

The proud king contemned his people's advice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 king	amod
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contemned	nsubj
4	contemned	contemn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 people	nmod:poss
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 advice	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 people	case
8	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contemned	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 contemned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contemn	past	the proud king	king's people's advice					tree rules

Example 3

Some people contemn others who are weaker than they are.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 contemn	nsubj
3	contemn	contemn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 contemn	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 weaker	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 weaker	cop
7	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 others	acl:relcl
8	than	than	SCONJ	_	10 are	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 are	nsubj
10	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 weaker	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 contemn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	contemn	present	some people	others		tree rules
2	is	present	others		weak property	tree rules
3	does	present	people			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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