meaningful

Who acts: Volunteering, Mum, Dad, you, We, meaningful talk · What happens: have, make, show, matter, volunteer, feel · To what, where: clear meaning, sense, hidden feeling, chance, food bank, meaningful look · Speech: someone speaks here

«meaningful» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: meaningful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Having a clear meaning or making sense: «a meaningful sentence».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 meaning	det
3	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 meaning	amod
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 making	cc
6	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Having	conj
7	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 making	obj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Having	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 sentence	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sentence	det
11	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sentence	amod
12	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 sentence	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Having	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		a clear meaning				a meaningful sentence obl	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient
2	make	gerund		sense					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product

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

Important, serious or valuable to someone: «a meaningful friendship», «a meaningful job».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 friendship	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 serious	punct
3	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Important	conj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 valuable	cc
5	valuable	valuable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Important	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 someone	case
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 valuable	obl
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 friendship	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 friendship	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 friendship	det
11	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 friendship	amod
12	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 friendship	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 job	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 job	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 job	det
17	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 job	amod
18	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 friendship	parataxis
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 job	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 friendship	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Showing a hidden feeling without words: «a meaningful look».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 feeling	det
3	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feeling	amod
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Showing	obj
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 words	case
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Showing	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Showing	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 look	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 look	det
10	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 look	amod
11	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Showing	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 look	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Showing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	gerund		a hidden feeling				without words	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient clause=Topic

Meaning 4

Usage: maths, science — kept apart, not parsed.

Big or real enough to matter, not just chance: «a meaningful difference».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 real	cc
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Big	conj
4	enough	enough	ADV	_	3 real	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 matter	mark
6	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 real	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 chance	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 chance	advmod
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 chance	advmod
10	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 matter	obj
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 difference	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 difference	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 difference	det
14	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 difference	amod
15	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chance	appos
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 difference	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Big	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	to-infinitive		chance					tree rules

Example 1

Volunteering at the food bank felt really meaningful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Volunteering	volunteer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 felt	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 bank	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bank	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bank	compound
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Volunteering	obl
6	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 meaningful	advmod
8	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 felt	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	volunteer	gerund				the food bank			vn captain-29.8 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent
2	feel	past	Volunteering					meaningful property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 2

Mum gave Dad a meaningful look, and he stopped talking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 look	det
5	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	amod
6	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stopped	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stopped	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stopped	nsubj
10	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
11	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stopped	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	past	Mum	a meaningful look	Dad	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient look=Theme
2	stop	past	Dad			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	talk	gerund	Dad not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Put the words in order to make a meaningful sentence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 words	det
3	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Put	obj
4	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	7 make	mark
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 in	fixed
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sentence	det
9	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sentence	amod
10	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	the words					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent word=Goal
2	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	a meaningful sentence					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sentence=Product

Example 4

We had a meaningful talk about being kind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 talk	det
4	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 talk	amod
5	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 kind	mark
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 kind	cop
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 talk	acl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	We	a meaningful talk					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Patient
2	is	gerund	a meaningful talk not said here					kind property	tree rules

Example 5

A small difference of 1 cm is not meaningful when we measure with a ruler to the nearest cm.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 difference	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 difference	amod
3	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 meaningful	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 cm	case
5	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 cm	nummod
6	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 difference	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 meaningful	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 meaningful	advmod
9	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 measure	advmod
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 measure	nsubj
12	measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 meaningful	parataxis
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 ruler	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 ruler	det
15	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 measure	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 cm	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 cm	det
18	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 cm	amod
19	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 measure	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 meaningful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	a small difference of 1 cm					meaningful property	tree rules
2	measure	present	we					with a ruler; to the nearest cm	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Example 6

Her grandfather's watch is very meaningful to her.

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	2 grandfather	nmod:poss
2	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watch	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 grandfather	case
4	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meaningful	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 meaningful	cop
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 meaningful	advmod
7	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 meaningful	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 meaningful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Her grandfather's watch		her = she			meaningful property	tree rules

Example 7

The teacher wants our feedback to be meaningful, not just «good job».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 feedback	nmod:poss
5	feedback	feedback	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 meaningful	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 meaningful	cop
8	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wants	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 job	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 job	advmod
11	just	just	ADV	_	14 job	advmod
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 job	punct
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 job	amod
14	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meaningful	appos
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 job	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	the teacher	our feedback					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot feedback=Theme
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	our feedback not said here					meaningful property	tree rules

Example 8

Meaningful work helps people feel proud.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 work	amod
2	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helps	nsubj
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 helps	obj
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 helps	xcomp
6	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Meaningful work	people					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	feel	infinitive	people not said here					proud property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 9

He said nothing, but he exchanged a meaningful glance with the dragon, and everyone went home to tea.

The tree, 18 words

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 said	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 exchanged	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 exchanged	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 exchanged	nsubj
7	exchanged	exchange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 glance	det
9	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 glance	amod
10	glance	glance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exchanged	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 dragon	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dragon	det
13	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exchanged	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 went	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 went	cc
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 went	nsubj
17	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
18	home	home	ADV	_	17 went	advmod
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 tea	case
20	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 went	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He	nothing			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	exchange	past	he	a meaningful glance		with the dragon	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent glance=Theme with dragon=Co-Agent
3	go	past	everyone		tea	home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tea=Initial_Location

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