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displease

Who acts: Noisy talking, rude answer, Your, mess, I, Nothing · What happens: displease, be, cross, fail, not please, answer · To what, where: someone, them, teacher, queen, Mum, him

«displease» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: displease in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To displease someone is to make them cross or unhappy, or to fail to please them.

The tree, 16 words
markcsubjobjcopmarkobjxcompccconjpunctccmarkconjmarkxcompobjpunctrootToPARTdispleaseVERBsomeonePRONisAUXtoPARTmakeVERBthemPRONcrossVERBorCCONJunhappyADJ,PUNCTorCCONJtoPARTfailVERBtoPARTpleaseVERBthemPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 displeasemark
2displeasedispleaseVERBVerbForm=Inf6 makecsubj
3someonesomeonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind2 displeaseobj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 makecop
5totoPART_6 makemark
6makemakeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 makeobj
8crosscrossVERBVerbForm=Inf6 makexcomp
9ororCCONJ_10 unhappycc
10unhappyunhappyADJDegree=Pos8 crossconj
11,,PUNCT_14 failpunct
12ororCCONJ_14 failcc
13totoPART_14 failmark
14failfailVERBVerbForm=Inf6 makeconj
15totoPART_16 pleasemark
16pleasepleaseVERBVerbForm=Inf14 failxcomp
17themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs16 pleaseobj
18..PUNCT_6 makepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1displeaseto-infinitivesomeonevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer
2ispresentmake propertytree rules
3crossinfinitivevn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4failto-infinitivevn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5not pleaseto-infinitivethem = theyvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=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.

Example 1

Noisy talking displeases the teacher.

amodnsubjdetobjpunctrootNoisyADJtalkingNOUNdispleasesVERBtheDETteacherNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NoisynoisyADJDegree=Pos2 talkingamod
2talkingtalkingNOUNNumber=Sing3 displeasesnsubj
3displeasesdispleaseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 teacherdet
5teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing3 displeasesobj
6..PUNCT_3 displeasespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1displeasepresentNoisy talkingthe teachervn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus teacher=Experiencer

Example 2

Your rude answer displeased the queen.

nmod:possamodnsubjdetobjpunctrootYourPRONrudeADJanswerNOUNdispleasedVERBtheDETqueenNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 answernmod:poss
2ruderudeADJDegree=Pos3 answeramod
3answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing4 displeasednsubj
4displeaseddispleaseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 queendet
6queenqueenNOUNNumber=Sing4 displeasedobj
7..PUNCT_4 displeasedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1displeasepastYour rude answerthe queenvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus queen=Experiencer
2answerYournom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The mess displeased Mum.

detnsubjobjpunctrootTheDETmessNOUNdispleasedVERBMumNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 messdet
2messmessNOUNNumber=Sing3 displeasednsubj
3displeaseddispleaseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4MummumNOUNNumber=Sing3 displeasedobj
5..PUNCT_3 displeasedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1displeasepastthe messMumvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mum=Experiencer

Example 4

Nothing I did seemed to displease him.

nsubjnsubjacl:relclmarkxcompobjpunctrootNothingPRONIPRONdidVERBseemedVERBtoPARTdispleaseVERBhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg4 seemednsubj
2IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs3 didnsubj
3diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin1 Nothingacl:relcl
4seemedseemVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5totoPART_6 displeasemark
6displeasedispleaseVERBVerbForm=Inf4 seemedxcomp
7himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 displeaseobj
8..PUNCT_4 seemedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopastIvn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2seempastNothingvn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3displeaseto-infinitiveNothing not said herehim = hevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

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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