fruitless

Who acts: Fruitless, result, They, fruitless wanderings, his, fruitless wait · What happens: mean, produce, fail, not find, gain, make · To what, where: result, anything, fruitless search

«fruitless» 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: fruitless in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Fruitless means producing no result; it fails to find or gain anything.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fruitless	fruitless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	producing	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 result	det
5	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 producing	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 fails	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fails	nsubj
8	fails	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 find	mark
10	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 fails	xcomp
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 gain	cc
12	gain	gain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 find	conj
13	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 gain	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	Fruitless		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	produce not said to happen	gerund	Fruitless not said here	no result	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Result
3	fail	present	result		vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	not find	to-infinitive	result not said here		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
5	gain	infinitive	result not said here	anything	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme

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

They made a fruitless search for the lost ring.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 search	det
4	fruitless	fruitless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 search	amod
5	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 ring	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ring	det
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ring	amod
9	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	They	a fruitless search				for the lost ring	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent search=Product for ring=Asset
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

All his fruitless wanderings took years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 wanderings	det:predet
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wanderings	nmod:poss
3	fruitless	fruitless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wanderings	amod
4	wanderings	wandering	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 took	nsubj
5	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 took	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	his fruitless wanderings				year		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	wander		his = he						nom wandering «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Her fruitless wait ended when night fell.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wait	nmod:poss
2	fruitless	fruitless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wait	amod
3	wait	wait	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ended	nsubj
4	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 fell	advmod
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	nsubj
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ended	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	past	Her fruitless wait						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	fall	past	night						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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