naught

Who acts: number, naught, lazy person, hard work, rain, their · What happens: write, be, not do, come, wash away, work · To what, where: Nothing, nought, Zero, lazy person, anything, thing · Speech: someone speaks here

«naught» in the English dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 11 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: naught in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Usage: old-fashioned, literary — kept apart, not parsed.

Nothing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Everyday, meaning 2

Usage: mainly US — kept apart, not parsed.

Zero, the number 0 (UK and others usually write "nought").

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zero	zero	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 number	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 number	det
4	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Zero	appos
5	0	0	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 number	flat
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 UK	punct
7	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 number	appos
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 others	cc
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 UK	conj
10	usually	usually	ADV	_	11 write	advmod
11	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 number	acl:relcl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 nought	punct
13	nought	nought	PRON	PronType=Neg	11 write	obj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 nought	punct
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	13 nought	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Zero	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	the number not said here	nought				usually property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nought=Theme

Everyday, meaning 3

A good-for-naught is a lazy or useless person who never does anything good.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 naught	det
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 naught	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 naught	punct
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 naught	case
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 for	punct
6	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	12 person	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 person	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 person	det
9	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 person	amod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 useless	cc
11	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lazy	conj
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 does	nsubj
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 does	advmod
15	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 person	acl:relcl
16	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 does	obj
17	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 does	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	naught	a lazy person					tree rules
2	not do	present	a lazy person	anything				good property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality

Early Modern English, meaning 1

Not any thing; nothing at all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 thing	advmod
2	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 thing	det
3	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 nothing	punct
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 thing	appos
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 nothing	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thing	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

All their hard work came to naught when the rain washed the sandcastle away.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 work	det:predet
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 work	nmod:poss
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 work	amod
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 naught	case
7	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	5 came	obl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 washed	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rain	det
10	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 washed	nsubj
11	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sandcastle	det
13	sandcastle	sandcastle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 washed	obj
14	away	away	ADV	_	11 washed	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	their hard work		naught		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to naught=Initial_Location
2	wash away	past	the rain	the sandcastle		away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandcastle=Patient
3	work		their = they				nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The knight's quest was all for naught.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knight	det
2	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quest	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 knight	case
4	quest	quest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 naught	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 naught	cop
6	all	all	ADV	_	8 naught	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 naught	case
8	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 naught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the knight's quest					for naught; all property	tree rules
2	quest		the knight						nom quest «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

"It is naught but a bad dream," said the wizard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 naught	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 naught	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 naught	cop
4	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	11 said	nsubj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 dream	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dream	det
7	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dream	amod
8	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 naught	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 naught	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 naught	punct
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wizard	det
13	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	It	naught				a bad dream conj	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	naught	the wizard					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wizard=Topic

Example 4

Their plans came to naught.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 plans	nmod:poss
2	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 naught	case
5	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	3 came	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Their plans			naught			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to naught=Initial_Location
2	plan		Their = they						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

Without water, the seeds will grow to naught.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	ADP	_	2 water	case
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grow	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 water	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 seeds	det
5	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 grow	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 grow	aux
7	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 naught	case
9	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	7 grow	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	future	the seeds					without water; to naught	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

He cared naught for gold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cared	nsubj
2	cared	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	2 cared	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 gold	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cared	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	past	He	naught				for gold	tree rules

Example 7

The final score was two to naught. (US)

Sentence 1: The final score was two to naught.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 score	det
2	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 score	amod
3	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 two	cop
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 score	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 naught	case
7	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	5 two	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 score	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		two				to naught	tree rules

Sentence 2: (US)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 US	punct
2	US	US	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 US	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 8

“Alas!” said the young man, “her father is a wandering good-for-naught, who has forsaken wife and child, and gone off—who knows where?

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
2	Alas	alas	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Alas	punct
4	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 Alas	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 naught	punct
10	“	"	PUNCT	_	20 naught	punct
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 father	nmod:poss
12	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 naught	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 naught	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 naught	det
15	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 naught	nsubj
16	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 naught	amod
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 naught	punct
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 naught	case
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 for	punct
20	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	5 said	ccomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 forsaken	punct
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 forsaken	nsubj
23	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 forsaken	aux
24	forsaken	forsake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 naught	acl
25	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 forsaken	obj
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 child	cc
27	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 wife	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 gone	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 gone	cc
30	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 said	conj
31	off	off	ADP	_	30 gone	compound:prt
32	—	-	PUNCT	_	34 knows	punct
33	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 knows	nsubj
34	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
35	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	34 knows	advmod
36	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	past	the young man			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	wonder speech: ask in a quote	gerund				vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is in a quote	present	her father		for naught	tree rules
4	forsake in a quote	present · perfect		wife and child	who nsubj	tree rules
5	go off in a quote	participle	the young man not said here			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
6	know in a quote	present			who nsubj	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 9

"Hasn't thou naught for supper, dame?" said he to his wife.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 naught	punct
2	Has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 naught	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 naught	advmod
4	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 naught	nsubj
5	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	12 said	nsubj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 supper	case
7	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 naught	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dame	punct
9	dame	dame	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 naught	appos
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 dame	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 dame	punct
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 said	nsubj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 wife	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 wife	nmod:poss
16	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	naught thou for supper		his wife			he nsubj	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient

Example 10

The next court you shall pay reverence to, but do naught nor say aught.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 court	det
2	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 court	amod
3	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pay	nsubj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 pay	nsubj
5	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 pay	aux
6	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	reverence	reverence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pay	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	7 reverence	fixed
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 do	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 do	cc
11	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 pay	parataxis
12	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	11 do	obj
13	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	14 say	cc
14	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 do	conj
15	aught	aught	PRON	PronType=Ind	14 say	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pay	shall	the next court	reverence	you nsubj	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reverence=Asset
2	do	infinitive		naught		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naught=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert	present		aught		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent aught=Topic

Example 11

“Alas!” said the young man, “her father is a wandering good-for-naught, who has forsaken wife and child, and gone off—who knows where?

From The Crimson Fairy Book.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
2	Alas	alas	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Alas	punct
4	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 Alas	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 naught	punct
10	“	"	PUNCT	_	20 naught	punct
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 father	nmod:poss
12	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 naught	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 naught	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 naught	det
15	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 naught	nsubj
16	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 naught	amod
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 naught	punct
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 naught	case
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 for	punct
20	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	5 said	ccomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 forsaken	punct
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 forsaken	nsubj
23	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 forsaken	aux
24	forsaken	forsake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 naught	acl
25	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 forsaken	obj
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 child	cc
27	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 wife	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 gone	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 gone	cc
30	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 said	conj
31	off	off	ADP	_	30 gone	compound:prt
32	—	-	PUNCT	_	34 knows	punct
33	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 knows	nsubj
34	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
35	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	34 knows	advmod
36	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	past	the young man			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	wonder speech: ask in a quote	gerund				vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is in a quote	present	her father		for naught	tree rules
4	forsake in a quote	present · perfect		wife and child	who nsubj	tree rules
5	go off in a quote	participle	the young man not said here			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
6	know in a quote	present			who nsubj	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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📖 naught

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

Early Modern English, meaning 1

Example 1

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Example 11

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