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pointless

Who acts: Pointless, he, Shouting, meeting, team, it · What happens: mean, have, use, score, be, argue · To what, where: purpose, game, points, rain

«pointless» 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: pointless in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Pointless means having no purpose or use.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pointless	pointless	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 use	cc
7	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 purpose	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Pointless						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have not said to happen	gerund	Pointless not said here	no purpose					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Patient
3	use	infinitive	Pointless not said here						vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Meaning 2

In a game or test, pointless can mean scoring no points.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 game	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mean	obl
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 test	cc
5	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 game	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 game	punct
7	pointless	pointless	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mean	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 mean	aux
9	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	scoring	score	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 mean	xcomp
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 points	det
12	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 scoring	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	pointless			a game or test			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	score not said to happen	gerund	pointless not said here	no points					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme

Example 1

It's pointless arguing with my brother; he never listens.

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 pointless	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pointless	cop
3	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	arguing	argue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 pointless	advcl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 brother	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 brother	nmod:poss
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arguing	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 listens	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 listens	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 listens	advmod
11	listens	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pointless	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pointless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						pointless property	tree rules
2	argue speech: disagree	gerund						with my brother	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with brother=Co-Agent
3	not listen	present	he						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Shouting at the rain is pointless.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 pointless	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 rain	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rain	det
4	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shouting	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pointless	cop
6	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pointless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund				the rain			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Shouting					pointless property	tree rules

Example 3

The meeting felt long and pointless.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 meeting	det
2	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 felt	nsubj
3	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 felt	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 pointless	cc
6	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 long	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	the meeting					long property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 4

Our team was pointless after the first round.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 team	nmod:poss
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pointless	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pointless	cop
4	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 round	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 round	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 round	amod
8	round	round	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pointless	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pointless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Our team				after the first round	pointless property	tree rules

Example 5

It's pointless to water the garden when it's raining.

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 pointless	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pointless	cop
3	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	7 garden	mark
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 garden	compound
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garden	det
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pointless	conj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 raining	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 raining	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 raining	aux
11	raining	rain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 garden	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pointless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						pointless property	tree rules
2	rain	present · progressive	it						vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Example 6

Without a plan, the trip seemed pointless.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	ADP	_	3 plan	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plan	det
3	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seemed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 plan	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trip	det
6	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seemed	nsubj
7	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 seemed	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 seemed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	past	the trip					without a plan; pointless property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

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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