senseless Who acts: Senseless, Throwing, vandals, falling branch, It, newspaper · What happens: mean, feel, know, happen, throw away, be · To what, where: good food, senseless waste, senseless damage, He, attack, him · Speech: someone speaks here
«senseless» 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: senseless in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Senseless means without meaning or good reason, foolish and pointless.
nsubj case obl cc amod conj punct amod cc conj punct root Senseless ADJ means VERB without ADP meaning NOUN or CCONJ good ADJ reason NOUN , PUNCT foolish ADJ and CCONJ pointless ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Senseless senseless ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 without without ADP _ 4 meaning case 4 meaning meaning NOUN Number=Sing 2 means obl 5 or or CCONJ _ 7 reason cc 6 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 7 reason amod 7 reason reason NOUN Number=Sing 4 meaning conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 foolish punct 9 foolish foolish ADJ Degree=Pos 7 reason amod 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 pointless cc 11 pointless pointless ADJ Degree=Pos 9 foolish conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Senseless without meaning or good reason vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 Senseless means unconscious, not able to feel or know what is happening.
nsubj xcomp punct advmod ccomp mark xcomp cc conj nsubj aux ccomp punct root Senseless ADJ means VERB unconscious ADJ , PUNCT not PART able ADJ to PART feel VERB or CCONJ know VERB what PRON is AUX happening VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Senseless senseless ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 unconscious unconscious ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 able punct 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 able advmod 6 able able ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means ccomp 7 to to PART _ 8 feel mark 8 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 able xcomp 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 know cc 10 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 feel conj 11 what what PRON PronType=Int 13 happening nsubj 12 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 happening aux 13 happening happen VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 know ccomp 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Senseless unconscious property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 feel to-infinitive Senseless not said here vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 3 know infinitive Senseless not said here vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 4 happen present · progressive vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 Throwing away good food is a senseless waste.
csubj advmod amod obj cop det amod punct root Throwing VERB away ADV good ADJ food NOUN is AUX a DET senseless ADJ waste NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Throwing throw VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 waste csubj 2 away away ADV _ 1 Throwing advmod 3 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 4 food amod 4 food food NOUN Number=Sing 1 Throwing obj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 waste cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 waste det 7 senseless senseless ADJ Degree=Pos 8 waste amod 8 waste waste NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 waste punct
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1 throw away gerund good food away property vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme 2 is a present Throwing a senseless waste tree rules
Example 2 The vandals caused senseless damage to the park.
det nsubj amod obj case det nmod punct root The DET vandals NOUN caused VERB senseless ADJ damage NOUN to ADP the DET park NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 vandals det 2 vandals vandal NOUN Number=Plur 3 caused nsubj 3 caused cause VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 senseless senseless ADJ Degree=Pos 5 damage amod 5 damage damage NOUN Number=Sing 3 caused obj 6 to to ADP _ 8 park case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 park det 8 park park NOUN Number=Sing 5 damage nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 caused punct
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1 cause past the vandals senseless damage to the park vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition damage=Patient
Example 3 He was knocked senseless by the falling branch.
nsubj:pass aux:pass xcomp case det amod obl punct root He PRON was AUX knocked VERB senseless ADJ by ADP the DET falling VERB branch NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 knocked nsubj:pass 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 knocked aux:pass 3 knocked knock VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 senseless senseless ADJ Degree=Pos 3 knocked xcomp 5 by by ADP _ 8 branch case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 branch det 7 falling fall VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 branch amod 8 branch branch NOUN Number=Sing 3 knocked obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 knocked punct
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1 knock past · passive the falling branch He senseless property vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent subject=Patient 2 fall gerund vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 It's senseless to argue about a game.
nsubj cop mark xcomp case det obl punct root It PRON 's AUX senseless ADJ to PART argue VERB about ADP a DET game NOUN . PUNCT 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 senseless nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 senseless cop 3 senseless senseless ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 argue mark 5 argue argue VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 senseless xcomp 6 about about ADP _ 8 game case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 game det 8 game game NOUN Number=Sing 5 argue obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 senseless punct
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1 is present It senseless property tree rules 2 argue speech: disagree to-infinitive about a game vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about game=Topic
Example 5 The newspaper called the attack senseless.
det acl det obj amod punct root The DET newspaper NOUN called VERB the DET attack NOUN senseless ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 newspaper det 2 newspaper newspaper NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 newspaper acl 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 attack det 5 attack attack NOUN Number=Sing 3 called obj 6 senseless senseless ADJ Degree=Pos 5 attack amod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 newspaper punct
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1 call participle the newspaper not said here the attack vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent attack=Recipient
Example 6 A hot wind knocked him senseless and red fire singed his fur.
det amod nsubj obj amod cc conj nsubj parataxis nmod:poss obj punct root A DET hot ADJ wind NOUN knocked VERB him PRON senseless ADJ and CCONJ red ADJ fire NOUN singed VERB his PRON fur NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 wind det 2 hot hot ADJ Degree=Pos 3 wind amod 3 wind wind NOUN Number=Sing 4 knocked nsubj 4 knocked knock VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 knocked obj 6 senseless senseless ADJ Degree=Pos 9 fire amod 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 red cc 8 red red ADJ Degree=Pos 6 senseless conj 9 fire fire NOUN Number=Sing 10 singed nsubj 10 singed singe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 knocked parataxis 11 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 fur nmod:poss 12 fur fur NOUN Number=Sing 10 singed obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 knocked punct
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1 knock past a hot wind him = he vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient 2 singe past senseless fire fire's fur vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fur=Patient
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