beneficial

Who acts: Exercise, Ladybirds, bacteria, Reading, deal, Sleep · What happens: have, give, be, eat, read · To what, where: good effect, advantage, beneficial insects, pests

«beneficial» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: beneficial in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Good for you or helpful; having a good effect.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 you	case
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Good	obl
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 helpful	cc
5	helpful	helpful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Good	conj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 having	punct
7	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Good	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 effect	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 effect	amod
10	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 having	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		a good effect					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

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

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Giving an advantage or profit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 advantage	det
3	advantage	advantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Giving	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 profit	cc
5	profit	profit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 advantage	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Giving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund		a advantage or profit					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme

Example 1

Exercise is beneficial to your health.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beneficial	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 beneficial	cop
3	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 health	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 health	nmod:poss
6	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beneficial	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 beneficial	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Exercise					to your health; beneficial property	tree rules

Example 2

Ladybirds are beneficial insects because they eat pests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ladybirds	ladybird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 insects	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 insects	cop
3	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 insects	amod
4	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 eat	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 eat	nsubj
7	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 insects	acl
8	pests	pest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 eat	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 insects	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Ladybirds	beneficial insects					tree rules
2	eat	present	Ladybirds = ladybird	pests					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pest=Patient

Example 3

Some bacteria are beneficial.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 bacteria	det
2	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 beneficial	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 beneficial	cop
4	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 beneficial	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	some bacteria					beneficial property	tree rules

Example 4

Reading every day is very beneficial.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 beneficial	csubj
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 day	det
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reading	obl:unmarked
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 beneficial	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 beneficial	advmod
6	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 beneficial	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	gerund					day		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Reading					beneficial property	tree rules

Example 5

The deal was beneficial for both teams.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 deal	det
2	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beneficial	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 beneficial	cop
4	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 teams	case
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 teams	det
7	teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 beneficial	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 beneficial	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the deal					for both teams; beneficial property	tree rules

Example 6

Sleep is beneficial for memory.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beneficial	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 beneficial	cop
3	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 memory	case
5	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beneficial	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 beneficial	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sleep					for memory; beneficial property	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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