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triviality

Who acts: you, They, meeting, triviality, his, court · What happens: be, not be, not waste, argue, get, surprise · To what, where: trivialities, She

«triviality» 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: triviality in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Something small and unimportant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Something	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 unimportant	cc
4	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 small	conj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Something	punct

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

Meaning 2

Being unimportant or not serious.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 unimportant	cop
2	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 serious	cc
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 serious	advmod
5	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 unimportant	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 unimportant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						unimportant property	tree rules
2	not be								tree rules

Example 1

Don't waste time on trivialities.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 waste	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 waste	advmod
3	waste	waste	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waste	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 trivialities	case
6	trivialities	triviality	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 waste	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waste	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not waste	imperative · do-support	you not said here				time	on trivialities goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on triviality=Goal

Example 2

They argued over a triviality.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 argued	nsubj
2	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 triviality	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 triviality	det
5	triviality	triviality	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 argued	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 argued	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	past	They					over a triviality	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over triviality=Theme

Example 3

The meeting got stuck on trivialities.

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 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	xcomp
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 trivialities	case
6	trivialities	triviality	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stuck	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the meeting					stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 4

She was surprised by the triviality of his complaint.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 surprised	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 surprised	aux:pass
3	surprised	surprise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 triviality	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 triviality	det
6	triviality	triviality	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surprised	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 complaint	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 complaint	nmod:poss
9	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 triviality	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 surprised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surprise	past · passive	the triviality of his complaint	She					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	complain		his = he						nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

The court spent hours on trivialities like the Hatter's hat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 court	det
2	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spent	nsubj
3	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spent	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 trivialities	case
6	trivialities	triviality	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spent	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	11 hat	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Hatter	det
9	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 hat	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Hatter	case
11	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trivialities	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past	the court				hour	on trivialities like the Hatter's hat goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on triviality=Goal

Example 6

Forget the trivialities and look at the big picture.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 trivialities	det
3	trivialities	triviality	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Forget	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 look	cc
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Forget	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 picture	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 picture	det
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 picture	amod
9	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Forget	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	imperative	you not said here	the trivialities					tree rules
2	look	infinitive	you not said here					at the big picture	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at picture=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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