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ineffective

Who acts: you, cream, Shouting, old lock, someone, test · What happens: not work, not give, want, do, be, make · To what, where: ineffective medicine, result, job, ineffective way, friends, ineffective defence · Speech: someone speaks here

«ineffective» 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: ineffective in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not working well or not giving the result you want: an ineffective medicine.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 working	advmod
2	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 working	advmod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 giving	cc
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 giving	advmod
6	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 working	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 result	det
8	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 giving	obj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 want	nsubj
10	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 result	acl:relcl
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 working	punct
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 medicine	det
13	ineffective	ineffective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 medicine	amod
14	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 working	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 working	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not work	gerund		a ineffective medicine				well property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent medicine=Material
2	not give	gerund		the result					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme
3	want	present	you	the result not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot result=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.

Meaning 2

Not able to do a job well: an ineffective leader.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 able	advmod
2	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 leader	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 do	mark
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 able	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 job	det
6	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obj
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 do	advmod
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 leader	punct
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 leader	det
10	ineffective	ineffective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 leader	amod
11	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 leader	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive		a job				well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality

Example 1

The cream was ineffective against the bites.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the cream					against the bites; ineffective property	tree rules

Example 2

Shouting is an ineffective way to make friends.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	ineffective	ineffective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 make	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Shouting	a ineffective way					tree rules
2	make	to-infinitive		friends					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product

Example 3

The old lock was ineffective, so someone got in.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lock	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lock	amod
3	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ineffective	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ineffective	cop
5	ineffective	ineffective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 got	advmod
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 got	nsubj
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ineffective	parataxis
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 got	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ineffective	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old lock					ineffective property	tree rules
2	get in	past	someone						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 4

The test showed the plant food was ineffective.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 test	det
2	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	nsubj
3	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 food	det
5	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 food	compound
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ineffective	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ineffective	cop
8	ineffective	ineffective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 showed	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the test						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the plant food					ineffective property	tree rules

Example 5

The team had an ineffective defence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 defence	det
5	ineffective	ineffective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 defence	amod
6	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the team	a ineffective defence					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent defence=Patient

Example 6

Antibiotics are ineffective against colds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ineffective	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ineffective	cop
3	ineffective	ineffective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	against	against	ADP	_	5 colds	case
5	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ineffective	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ineffective	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Antibiotics					against colds; ineffective 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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