causeless
Who acts: Causeless, causeless attack, He, That · What happens: mean, have, shock, be · To what, where: good reason, everyone, causeless blow
«causeless» 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: causeless in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Causeless means having no good reason or cause.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Causeless | causeless | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 reason | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 reason | amod |
| 6 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 having | obj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 cause | cc |
| 8 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reason | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Causeless | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have not said to happen | gerund | Causeless not said here | no good reason or cause | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=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.
Example 1
The causeless attack shocked everyone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 attack | det |
| 2 | causeless | causeless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 attack | amod |
| 3 | attack | attack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shocked | nsubj |
| 4 | shocked | shock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 shocked | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shocked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shock | past | the causeless attack | everyone | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus everyone=Experiencer |
Example 2
He was angry for no reason, a causeless quarrel.
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 | 3 angry | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 angry | cop |
| 3 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 reason | case |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 reason | det |
| 6 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 angry | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 quarrel | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 quarrel | det |
| 9 | causeless | causeless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 quarrel | amod |
| 10 | quarrel | quarrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reason | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 angry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | for no reason and a causeless quarrel; angry property | tree rules |
Example 3
That was a causeless blow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 blow | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 blow | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 blow | det |
| 4 | causeless | causeless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 blow | amod |
| 5 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 blow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | That | a causeless blow | 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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