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economical

Who acts: big box, new car, glue, Walking, He, matter · What happens: use, run, give, not tell, be, last · To what, where: money, good value, whole truth, petrol, economical way, matter · Speech: someone speaks here

«economical» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: economical in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Using money, fuel, time or materials carefully without waste.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Using	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fuel	punct
4	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Using	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 time	punct
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fuel	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 materials	cc
8	materials	material	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fuel	conj
9	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	1 Using	advmod
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 waste	case
11	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Using	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Using	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund		money				without waste; fuel and time or materials obl; carefully property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=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

Cheap to run or use, giving good value.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 run	mark
3	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Cheap	xcomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 use	cc
5	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 run	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 giving	punct
7	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 use	advcl
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 value	amod
9	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 giving	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Cheap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	to-infinitive							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	infinitive							vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give	gerund		good value					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Theme

Meaning 3

economical with the truth (informal, humorous): not telling the whole truth.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	economical	economical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 truth	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 economical	obl
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 informal	punct
6	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 truth	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 humorous	punct
8	humorous	humorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 informal	conj
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 informal	punct
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 telling	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 telling	advmod
12	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 economical	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 truth	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 truth	amod
15	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 telling	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 economical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	gerund		the whole truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

Example 1

The big box of cereal is more economical than two small ones.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 box	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 box	amod
3	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 economical	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 cereal	case
5	cereal	cereal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 box	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 economical	cop
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 economical	advmod
8	economical	economical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	than	than	ADP	_	12 ones	case
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 ones	nummod
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ones	amod
12	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 economical	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 economical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the big box of cereal					than two small ones; economical property	tree rules

Example 2

Our new car is very economical on petrol.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 car	nmod:poss
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 car	amod
3	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 economical	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 economical	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 economical	advmod
6	economical	economical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 petrol	case
8	petrol	petrol	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 economical	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 economical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Our new car			petrol		economical property	tree rules

Example 3

Be economical with the glue so it lasts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 economical	cop
2	economical	economical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lasts	csubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 glue	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 glue	det
5	glue	glue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 economical	obl
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 lasts	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lasts	nsubj
8	lasts	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 lasts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive						with the glue; economical property	tree rules
2	last	present	glue						vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Example 4

Which is more economical: 6 eggs for 3 dollars or 12 eggs for 5 dollars?

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 economical	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 economical	cop
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 economical	advmod
4	economical	economical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 eggs	punct
6	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 eggs	nummod
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 economical	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 dollars	case
9	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 dollars	nummod
10	dollars	dollar	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 eggs	nmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 eggs	cc
12	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 eggs	nummod
13	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 dollars	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 dollars	case
15	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 dollars	nummod
16	dollars	dollar	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 dollars	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 economical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						6 eggs for 3 dollars for 5 dollars or 12 eggs obl; economical property	tree rules

Example 5

Walking is the most economical way to get to school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 economical	advmod
5	economical	economical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 get	mark
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Walking	the economical way					tree rules
2	get	to-infinitive						to school result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to school=Result

Example 6

He was being economical with the truth.

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	4 economical	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 economical	cop
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 economical	cop
4	economical	economical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 truth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 truth	det
7	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 economical	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 economical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					with the truth; economical property	tree rules

Example 7

No matter what was put into it, it cooked deliciously whatever was wanted without any firing—truly a very economical saucepan.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	nsubj:pass
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 put	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 put	aux:pass
5	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 put	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cooked	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 cooked	nsubj
10	cooked	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 put	conj
11	deliciously	deliciously	ADV	_	12 whatever	advmod
12	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 wanted	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 wanted	aux:pass
14	wanted	want	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 cooked	ccomp
15	without	without	ADP	_	17 firing	case
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 firing	det
17	firing	firing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wanted	obl
18	—	-	PUNCT	_	23 saucepan	punct
19	truly	truly	ADV	_	23 saucepan	advmod
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 saucepan	det
21	very	very	ADV	_	22 economical	advmod
22	economical	economical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 saucepan	amod
23	saucepan	saucepan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past · passive		no matter		it		a economical saucepan obl	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal
2	cook	past	matter						tree rules
3	want	past · passive		whatever				without any firing	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

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