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meaningless

Who acts: Meaningless, Xqvzt, score, match, answer, He · What happens: mean, have, be, make, not keep, look · To what, where: meaning, purpose, meaningless jumble, practice, meaningless promise, key

«meaningless» 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: meaningless in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Meaningless means having no meaning or no sense: a meaningless string of letters.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Meaningless	meaningless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 meaning	det
5	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 having	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 sense	cc
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 sense	det
8	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 meaning	conj
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 string	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 string	det
11	meaningless	meaningless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 string	amod
12	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sense	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 letters	case
14	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 string	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Meaningless						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have not said to happen	gerund	Meaningless not said here	no meaning or no sense					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient

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

Meaningless means having no purpose or importance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Meaningless	meaningless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 purpose	det
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 having	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 importance	cc
7	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 purpose	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Meaningless						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have not said to happen	gerund	Meaningless not said here	no purpose or importance					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Patient

Example 1

«Xqvzt» is a meaningless jumble of letters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Xqvzt	punct
2	Xqvzt	Xqvzt	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 jumble	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Xqvzt	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 jumble	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 jumble	det
6	meaningless	meaningless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 jumble	amod
7	jumble	jumble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 letters	case
9	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 jumble	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 jumble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Xqvzt	a meaningless jumble				of letters	tree rules

Example 2

The score was meaningless because the match was only practice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 score	det
2	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meaningless	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 meaningless	cop
4	meaningless	meaningless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 practice	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 match	det
7	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 practice	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 practice	cop
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 practice	advmod
10	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meaningless	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 meaningless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the score					meaningless property	tree rules
2	is a	past	the match	practice					tree rules

Example 3

Without units, the answer 12 is meaningless.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	ADP	_	2 units	case
2	units	unit	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 meaningless	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 units	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meaningless	nsubj
6	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 answer	flat
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 meaningless	cop
8	meaningless	meaningless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 meaningless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the answer					without units; meaningless property	tree rules

Example 4

He made a meaningless promise he never kept.

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 promise	det
4	meaningless	meaningless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 promise	amod
5	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 kept	nsubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 kept	advmod
8	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 promise	acl:relcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	He	a meaningless promise					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Product
2	not keep	past	he	a meaningless promise not said here					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme

Example 5

The old code looked meaningless until we found the key.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 code	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 code	amod
3	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	meaningless	meaningless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 looked	xcomp
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 found	mark
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 found	nsubj
8	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 looked	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 key	det
10	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 found	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the old code					meaningless property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	find	past	we	the key					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Topic

Example 6

A long list of facts can feel meaningless without a story.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 list	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 list	amod
3	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feel	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 facts	case
5	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 list	nmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 feel	aux
7	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	meaningless	meaningless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feel	xcomp
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 story	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 story	det
11	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feel	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	can	a long list of facts					without a story; meaningless property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	list			facts					nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

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