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unimportant

Who acts: Unimportant, you, colour, It, question, small scratch · What happens: mean, not matter, cross out, be, leave out, seem · To what, where: unimportant facts, unimportant details, summary, hands, class

«unimportant» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: unimportant in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Unimportant means not important; not mattering much.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unimportant	Unimportant	PROPN	Number=Sing	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 important	advmod
4	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 mattering	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 mattering	advmod
7	mattering	matter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
8	much	much	ADV	_	7 mattering	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Unimportant					important property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	not matter	gerund	Unimportant not said here						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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

Cross out the unimportant facts in the word problem.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cross	cross	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Cross	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 facts	det
4	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 facts	amod
5	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Cross	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 problem	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 problem	det
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 problem	compound
9	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cross	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Cross	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross out	imperative	you not said here	the unimportant facts				in the word problem	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent fact=Patient in problem=Topic

Example 2

The colour of the bus is unimportant to the answer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 colour	det
2	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unimportant	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 bus	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bus	det
5	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 colour	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 unimportant	cop
7	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 answer	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 answer	det
10	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unimportant	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 unimportant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the colour of the bus					to the answer; unimportant property	tree rules

Example 3

In a summary, leave out unimportant details.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 summary	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 summary	det
3	summary	summary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leave	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 summary	punct
5	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 leave	compound:prt
7	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 details	amod
8	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 leave	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave out	imperative	you not said here	unimportant details		a summary			vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Theme

Example 4

It may seem unimportant, but please wash your hands.

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 seem	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 seem	aux
3	seem	seem	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seem	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wash	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 wash	cc
7	please	please	INTJ	_	8 wash	discourse
8	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 seem	conj
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hands	nmod:poss
10	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wash	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seem	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	may	It					unimportant property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	wash	infinitive		your hands					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Example 5

No question is unimportant in our class.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 question	det
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unimportant	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unimportant	cop
4	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 class	case
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 class	nmod:poss
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unimportant	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 unimportant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	no question			our class		unimportant property	tree rules

Example 6

The small scratch was unimportant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 scratch	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 scratch	amod
3	scratch	scratch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unimportant	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 unimportant	cop
5	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 unimportant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the small scratch					unimportant property	tree rules

Example 7

*Bordingborg, in the reign of King Waldemar, a considerable place, now an unimportant little town.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	*	*	PUNCT	_	2 Bordingborg	punct
2	Bordingborg	Bordingborg	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 reign	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 reign	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reign	det
6	reign	reign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Bordingborg	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 King	case
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 reign	nmod
9	Waldemar	Waldemar	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 King	flat
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 place	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 place	det
12	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 place	amod
13	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Bordingborg	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 town	punct
15	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 town	advmod
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 town	det
17	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 town	amod
18	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 town	amod
19	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 place	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Bordingborg	punct

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

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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