instructive
Who acts: Instructive, information, you, museum trip, book, story · What happens: mean, teach, give, help, learn, be · To what, where: something, information
«instructive» in the Judaism 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: instructive in the Judaism dictionary.
Meaning 1
Instructive means teaching something useful; giving information or lessons that help you learn.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Instructive | instructive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | teaching | teach | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 teaching | obj |
| 5 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 something | amod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 giving | punct |
| 7 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 means | advcl |
| 8 | information | information | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 giving | obj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 lessons | cc |
| 10 | lessons | lesson | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 information | conj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 help | nsubj |
| 12 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 information | acl:relcl |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 learn | nsubj |
| 14 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 help | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Instructive | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | teach speech: other not said to happen | gerund | Instructive not said here | something | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | give | gerund | Instructive not said here | information or lessons | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Theme | ||||
| 4 | help | present | information or lessons | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | learn | infinitive | you | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
The museum trip was very instructive.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 trip | det |
| 2 | museum | museum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 trip | compound |
| 3 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 instructive | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 instructive | cop |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 instructive | advmod |
| 6 | instructive | instructive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 instructive | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the museum trip | instructive property | tree rules |
Example 2
This book is instructive about frogs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 book | det |
| 2 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 instructive | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 instructive | cop |
| 4 | instructive | instructive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 frogs | case |
| 6 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 instructive | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 instructive | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this book | about frogs; instructive property | tree rules |
Example 3
The story was thoughtful and instructive.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thoughtful | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thoughtful | cop |
| 4 | thoughtful | thoughtful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 instructive | cc |
| 6 | instructive | instructive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thoughtful | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thoughtful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the story | thoughtful property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the story not said here | tree rules |
Text: the Judaism 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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