unhelpful Who acts: Unhelpful, Shouting, map, shop assistant, It, someone · What happens: mean, not help, make, shout, be, have · To what, where: problem, partner, street names, mistake, it · Speech: someone speaks here
«unhelpful» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: unhelpful in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Unhelpful means not helping, or making a problem or a situation harder.
nsubj advmod xcomp punct cc conj det obj cc det conj xcomp punct root Unhelpful ADJ means VERB not PART helping VERB , PUNCT or CCONJ making VERB a DET problem NOUN or CCONJ a DET situation NOUN harder ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Unhelpful unhelpful ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 helping advmod 4 helping help VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 making punct 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 making cc 7 making make VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 helping conj 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 problem det 9 problem problem NOUN Number=Sing 7 making obj 10 or or CCONJ _ 12 situation cc 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 situation det 12 situation situation NOUN Number=Sing 9 problem conj 13 harder hard ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 making xcomp 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Unhelpful vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not help not said to happen gerund Unhelpful not said here vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent 3 make gerund Unhelpful not said here a problem or a situation hard property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset problem=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.
Example 1 Shouting at your partner is unhelpful.
csubj case nmod:poss obl cop punct root Shouting VERB at ADP your PRON partner NOUN is AUX unhelpful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shouting shout VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 unhelpful csubj 2 at at ADP _ 4 partner case 3 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 partner nmod:poss 4 partner partner NOUN Number=Sing 1 Shouting obl 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 unhelpful cop 6 unhelpful unhelpful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 unhelpful punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout speech: express gerund your partner vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present Shouting unhelpful property tree rules
Example 2 The map was unhelpful because it had no street names.
det nsubj cop mark nsubj advcl det compound obj punct root The DET map NOUN was AUX unhelpful ADJ because SCONJ it PRON had VERB no DET street NOUN names NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 map det 2 map map NOUN Number=Sing 4 unhelpful nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 unhelpful cop 4 unhelpful unhelpful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 because because SCONJ _ 7 had mark 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 had nsubj 7 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 unhelpful advcl 8 no no DET PronType=Neg 10 names det 9 street street NOUN Number=Sing 10 names compound 10 names name NOUN Number=Plur 7 had obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 unhelpful punct
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1 is past the map unhelpful property tree rules 2 have past map no street names vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
Example 3 The shop assistant was unhelpful and rude.
det compound nsubj cop cc conj punct root The DET shop NOUN assistant NOUN was AUX unhelpful ADJ and CCONJ rude ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 assistant det 2 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 3 assistant compound 3 assistant assistant NOUN Number=Sing 5 unhelpful nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 unhelpful cop 5 unhelpful unhelpful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 rude cc 7 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 5 unhelpful conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 unhelpful punct
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1 is past the shop assistant unhelpful property tree rules 2 be the shop assistant not said here tree rules
Example 4 It's unhelpful to laugh when someone makes a mistake.
nsubj cop mark xcomp advmod nsubj advcl det obj punct root It PRON 's AUX unhelpful ADJ to PART laugh VERB when ADV someone PRON makes VERB a DET mistake 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 unhelpful nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 unhelpful cop 3 unhelpful unhelpful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 laugh mark 5 laugh laugh VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 unhelpful xcomp 6 when when ADV PronType=Int 8 makes advmod 7 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 makes nsubj 8 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 laugh advcl 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 mistake det 10 mistake mistake NOUN Number=Sing 8 makes obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 unhelpful punct
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1 is present It unhelpful property tree rules 2 laugh to-infinitive vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 make present someone a mistake vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Product
Example 5 His unhelpful advice made things worse.
nmod:poss amod nsubj amod nsubj punct root His PRON unhelpful ADJ advice NOUN made VERB things NOUN worse ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 advice nmod:poss 2 unhelpful unhelpful ADJ Degree=Pos 3 advice amod 3 advice advice NOUN Number=Sing 6 worse nsubj 4 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 things amod 5 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 6 worse nsubj 6 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 worse punct
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1 make participle vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
Example 6 Saying «just do it» was unhelpful.
csubj punct advmod ccomp obj punct cop punct root Saying VERB « PUNCT just ADV do VERB it PRON » PUNCT was AUX unhelpful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 unhelpful csubj 2 « « PUNCT _ 4 do punct 3 just just ADV _ 4 do advmod 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Saying ccomp 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 do obj 6 » » PUNCT _ 4 do punct 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 unhelpful cop 8 unhelpful unhelpful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 unhelpful punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert gerund vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 do in a quote infinitive it vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality 3 is past Saying unhelpful property tree rules
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