insignificant

Who acts: Insignificant, insignificant person, It, mouse, you · What happens: mean, matter, be, seem, turn out, not worry · To what, where: small, insignificant crumb, floor, insignificant

«insignificant» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: insignificant in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Insignificant means too small or unimportant to matter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Insignificant	insignificant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 small	advmod
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 unimportant	cc
6	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 small	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 matter	mark
8	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 unimportant	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Insignificant	small					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent small=Topic
2	matter	to-infinitive	Insignificant not said here						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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

Usage: in tales — kept apart, not parsed.

An insignificant person is small or plain and seems of no worth, though may turn out important.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	insignificant	insignificant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 person	compound
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 small	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 small	cop
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 plain	cc
7	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 small	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 seems	cc
9	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 small	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 worth	case
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 worth	det
12	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seems	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 turn	punct
14	though	though	SCONJ	_	16 turn	mark
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 turn	aux
16	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 small	conj
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 turn	compound:prt
18	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 turn	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 small	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	a insignificant person	small property	tree rules
2	be		a insignificant person not said here		tree rules
3	seem	present	a insignificant person not said here	of no worth	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	turn out	may	a insignificant person not said here	important property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

It was only an insignificant crumb on the floor.

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	6 crumb	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 crumb	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 crumb	advmod
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crumb	det
5	insignificant	insignificant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 crumb	amod
6	crumb	crumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 floor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 floor	det
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crumb	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 crumb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a insignificant crumb		the floor			tree rules

Example 2

The mouse seemed insignificant beside the lion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mouse	det
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seemed	nsubj
3	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	insignificant	insignificant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seemed	obj
5	beside	beside	ADP	_	7 lion	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lion	det
7	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seemed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seemed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	past	the mouse	insignificant				beside the lion	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme insignificant=Attribute

Example 3

Don't worry about insignificant mistakes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 worry	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 worry	advmod
3	worry	worry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 mistakes	case
5	insignificant	insignificant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mistakes	compound
6	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worry	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 worry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not worry	imperative · do-support	you not said here					about insignificant mistakes	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about mistake=Stimulus

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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