futile Who acts: chance, success, It, fly, Trying, search · What happens: have, not change, chance, be, argue, make · To what, where: chance, anything, futile attempts, window, storm, search · Speech: someone speaks here
«futile» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: futile in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Having no chance of success; useless, because it cannot change anything.
The tree, 12 words csubj det obj case nmod punct punct mark nsubj aux advmod conj obj punct root Having VERB no DET chance NOUN of ADP success NOUN ; PUNCT useless ADJ , PUNCT because SCONJ it PRON can AUX not PART change VERB anything PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Having have VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 useless csubj 2 no no DET PronType=Neg 3 chance det 3 chance chance NOUN Number=Sing 1 Having obj 4 of of ADP _ 5 success case 5 success success NOUN Number=Sing 3 chance nmod 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 7 useless punct 7 useless useless ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 13 change punct 9 because because SCONJ _ 13 change mark 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 change nsubj 11 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 change aux 12 not not PART Polarity=Neg 13 change advmod 13 change change VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 useless conj 14 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 13 change obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 7 useless punct
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1 have gerund no chance of success vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient 2 not change can chance anything vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient 3 chance success nom chance «state intransitive»: of=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 It was futile to argue with the referee.
nsubj cop mark xcomp case det obl punct root It PRON was AUX futile ADJ to PART argue VERB with ADP the DET referee NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 futile nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 futile cop 3 futile futile ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 argue mark 5 argue argue VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 futile xcomp 6 with with ADP _ 8 referee case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 referee det 8 referee referee NOUN Number=Sing 5 argue obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 futile punct
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1 is past It futile property tree rules 2 argue speech: disagree to-infinitive with the referee vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with referee=Co-Agent
Example 2 The fly made futile attempts to get through the window.
det nsubj amod obj mark advcl case det obl punct root The DET fly NOUN made VERB futile ADJ attempts NOUN to PART get VERB through ADP the DET window NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 fly det 2 fly fly NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 futile futile ADJ Degree=Pos 5 attempts amod 5 attempts attempt NOUN Number=Plur 3 made obj 6 to to PART _ 7 get mark 7 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 made advcl 8 through through ADP _ 10 window case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 window det 10 window window NOUN Number=Sing 7 get obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make past the fly futile attempts vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Product 2 get to-infinitive the fly not said here the window vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through window=Destination
Example 3 Trying to stay dry in that storm was futile.
csubj mark xcomp xcomp case det obl cop punct root Trying VERB to PART stay VERB dry ADJ in ADP that DET storm NOUN was AUX futile ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Trying try VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 futile csubj 2 to to PART _ 3 stay mark 3 stay stay VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Trying xcomp 4 dry dry ADJ Degree=Pos 3 stay xcomp 5 in in ADP _ 7 storm case 6 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 storm det 7 storm storm NOUN Number=Sing 3 stay obl 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 futile cop 9 futile futile ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 futile punct
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1 try gerund vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 stay not said to happen to-infinitive that storm dry property vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in storm=Location 3 is past Trying futile property tree rules
Example 4 Their search for the lost ring seemed futile until the dog found it.
nmod:poss nsubj case det amod nmod xcomp mark det nsubj advcl obj punct root Their PRON search NOUN for ADP the DET lost VERB ring NOUN seemed VERB futile ADJ until SCONJ the DET dog NOUN found VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 search nmod:poss 2 search search NOUN Number=Sing 7 seemed nsubj 3 for for ADP _ 6 ring case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 ring det 5 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 ring amod 6 ring ring NOUN Number=Sing 2 search nmod 7 seemed seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 futile futile ADJ Degree=Pos 7 seemed xcomp 9 until until SCONJ _ 12 found mark 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 dog det 11 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 12 found nsubj 12 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 seemed advcl 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 found obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 7 seemed punct
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1 lose participle vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 seem past Their search for the lost ring futile property vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme 3 find past the dog search vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic 4 search Their = they for the lost ring nom search «act transitive»: poss=agent for=obl
Example 5 Don't think practice is futile; it does help.
aux advmod nsubj cop ccomp punct nsubj aux conj punct root Do AUX n't PART think VERB practice NOUN is AUX futile ADJ ; PUNCT it PRON does AUX help VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 think aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 think advmod 3 think think VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 practice practice NOUN Number=Sing 6 futile nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 futile cop 6 futile futile ADJ Degree=Pos 3 think ccomp 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 10 help punct 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 help nsubj 9 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 help aux 10 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 think conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 think punct
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1 not think speech: other imperative · do-support you not said here vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present practice futile property tree rules 3 help present · do-support practice vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
Example 6 He made a futile effort to catch the bus.
nsubj det amod obj mark advcl det obj punct root He PRON made VERB a DET futile ADJ effort NOUN to PART catch VERB the DET bus NOUN . PUNCT 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 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 effort det 4 futile futile ADJ Degree=Pos 5 effort amod 5 effort effort NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obj 6 to to PART _ 7 catch mark 7 catch catch VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 made advcl 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 bus det 9 bus bus NOUN Number=Sing 7 catch obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 made punct
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1 make past He a futile effort vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effort=Product 2 catch to-infinitive He not said here the bus vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bus=Theme
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