unnecessarily

Who acts: you, teacher, that · What happens: not need, need, not tease, not shout, cut out, be · To what, where: that, way, more, dog, words

«unnecessarily» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: unnecessarily in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a way that is not needed; more than is needed, for no good reason.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 needed	obl
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 needed	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 needed	aux:pass
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 needed	advmod
7	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 needed	punct
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 needed	nsubj:pass
10	than	than	ADP	_	9 more	fixed
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 needed	aux:pass
12	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 needed	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 reason	punct
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 reason	case
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 reason	det
16	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 reason	amod
17	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 needed	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 needed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · passive		that		a way			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
2	need	present · passive		more					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

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

Don't tease the dog unnecessarily.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 tease	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 tease	advmod
3	tease	tease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tease	obj
6	unnecessarily	unnecessarily	ADV	_	3 tease	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tease	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tease	imperative · do-support	you not said here	the dog				unnecessarily property	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient

Example 2

The teacher did not shout unnecessarily.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shout	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shout	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 shout	advmod
5	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	unnecessarily	unnecessarily	ADV	_	5 shout	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shout	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not shout speech: express	past · do-support	the teacher					unnecessarily property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Cut out any words that are unnecessarily long.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Cut	compound:prt
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 words	det
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Cut	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 long	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 long	cop
7	unnecessarily	unnecessarily	ADV	_	8 long	advmod
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 words	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut out	imperative	you not said here	any words					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector word=Eventuality
2	is	present	that					long, unnecessarily property	tree rules

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