wasteful Who acts: Wasteful, using, Leaving, It, you, much plastic packaging · What happens: mean, use, need, lose, throw away, leave · To what, where: more, it, some, tap, food, lights · Speech: someone speaks here
«wasteful» 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: wasteful in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Wasteful means using more of something than is needed, or using it carelessly so that some is lost or thrown away.
The tree, 21 words nsubj csubj:pass obj case obl fixed aux:pass ccomp punct cc conj obj advmod mark fixed nsubj:pass aux:pass advcl cc conj advmod punct root Wasteful PROPN means VERB using VERB more ADJ of ADP something PRON than ADP is AUX needed VERB , PUNCT or CCONJ using VERB it PRON carelessly ADV so SCONJ that SCONJ some DET is AUX lost VERB or CCONJ thrown VERB away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wasteful Wasteful PROPN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 using use VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 needed csubj:pass 4 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV 3 using obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 something case 6 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 more obl 7 than than ADP _ 4 more fixed 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 needed aux:pass 9 needed need VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 means ccomp 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 using punct 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 using cc 12 using use VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 means conj 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 using obj 14 carelessly carelessly ADV _ 12 using advmod 15 so so SCONJ ExtPos=SCONJ 19 lost mark 16 that that SCONJ _ 15 so fixed 17 some some DET PronType=Ind 19 lost nsubj:pass 18 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 lost aux:pass 19 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 12 using advcl 20 or or CCONJ _ 21 thrown cc 21 thrown throw VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 19 lost conj 22 away away ADV _ 21 thrown advmod 23 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Wasteful vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 use gerund more vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient 3 need present · passive using vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF» 4 use gerund Wasteful not said here it carelessly property vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient 5 lose present · passive some vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality 6 throw away participle away property vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
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 Leaving the tap running is wasteful.
csubj det obj conj cop punct root Leaving VERB the DET tap NOUN running VERB is AUX wasteful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leaving leave VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 wasteful csubj 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 tap det 3 tap tap NOUN Number=Sing 1 Leaving obj 4 running run VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Leaving conj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 wasteful cop 6 wasteful wasteful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 wasteful punct
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1 leave gerund the tap vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tap=Theme 2 run gerund vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 is present Leaving wasteful property tree rules
Example 2 It's wasteful to throw away food you could eat later.
nsubj cop mark csubj compound:prt obj nsubj aux acl:relcl advmod punct root It PRON 's AUX wasteful ADJ to PART throw VERB away ADP food NOUN you PRON could AUX eat VERB later ADV . 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 wasteful nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wasteful cop 3 wasteful wasteful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 throw mark 5 throw throw VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 wasteful csubj 6 away away ADP _ 5 throw compound:prt 7 food food NOUN Number=Sing 5 throw obj 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 eat nsubj 9 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 eat aux 10 eat eat VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 food acl:relcl 11 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 10 eat advmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 wasteful punct
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1 is present It wasteful property tree rules 2 throw away to-infinitive food vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme 3 eat could you food not said here late property vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient
Example 3 Too much plastic packaging is wasteful.
advmod amod compound nsubj cop punct root Too ADV much ADJ plastic NOUN packaging NOUN is AUX wasteful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Too too ADV _ 2 much advmod 2 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 4 packaging amod 3 plastic plastic NOUN Number=Sing 4 packaging compound 4 packaging packaging NOUN Number=Sing 6 wasteful nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 wasteful cop 6 wasteful wasteful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 wasteful punct
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1 is present much plastic packaging wasteful property tree rules
Example 4 Leaving lights on in empty rooms is wasteful of energy.
csubj obj compound:prt case amod obl cop case obl punct root Leaving VERB lights NOUN on ADP in ADP empty ADJ rooms NOUN is AUX wasteful ADJ of ADP energy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leaving leave VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 wasteful csubj 2 lights light NOUN Number=Plur 1 Leaving obj 3 on on ADP _ 1 Leaving compound:prt 4 in in ADP _ 6 rooms case 5 empty empty ADJ Degree=Pos 6 rooms amod 6 rooms room NOUN Number=Plur 1 Leaving obl 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 wasteful cop 8 wasteful wasteful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 of of ADP _ 10 energy case 10 energy energy NOUN Number=Sing 8 wasteful obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 8 wasteful punct
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1 leave on gerund lights empty rooms vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent light=Theme in room=Location 2 is present Leaving of energy; wasteful property tree rules
Example 5 Buying things you never use is wasteful.
csubj obj nsubj advmod acl:relcl cop punct root Buying VERB things NOUN you PRON never ADV use VERB is AUX wasteful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Buying buy VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 wasteful csubj 2 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 1 Buying obj 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 use nsubj 4 never never ADV PronType=Neg 5 use advmod 5 use use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 things acl:relcl 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 wasteful cop 7 wasteful wasteful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 wasteful punct
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1 buy gerund things vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme 2 not use present you things not said here vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient 3 is present Buying wasteful property tree rules
Example 6 Recycling helps us be less wasteful.
nsubj obj cop advmod xcomp punct root Recycling NOUN helps VERB us PRON be AUX less ADV wasteful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Recycling recycling NOUN Number=Sing 2 helps nsubj 2 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 helps obj 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 less cop 5 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 6 wasteful advmod 6 wasteful wasteful ADJ Degree=Pos 2 helps xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 helps punct
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1 help present Recycling us wasteful property vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary 2 is infinitive less property tree rules
Example 7 If it was from economy, and you are anxious to teach me not to be wasteful, you have no cause for alarm.
The tree, 22 words mark nsubj cop case advcl punct cc nsubj cop parataxis mark advcl obj advmod mark cop xcomp punct nsubj det obj case nmod punct root If SCONJ it PRON was AUX from ADP economy NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ you PRON are AUX anxious ADJ to PART teach VERB me PRON not PART to PART be AUX wasteful ADJ , PUNCT you PRON have VERB no DET cause NOUN for ADP alarm NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 If if SCONJ _ 5 economy mark 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 economy nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 economy cop 4 from from ADP _ 5 economy case 5 economy economy NOUN Number=Sing 20 have advcl 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 anxious punct 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 anxious cc 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 anxious nsubj 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 anxious cop 10 anxious anxious ADJ Degree=Pos 5 economy parataxis 11 to to PART _ 12 teach mark 12 teach teach VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 anxious advcl 13 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 12 teach obj 14 not not PART Polarity=Neg 17 wasteful advmod 15 to to PART _ 17 wasteful mark 16 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 17 wasteful cop 17 wasteful wasteful ADJ Degree=Pos 12 teach xcomp 18 , , PUNCT _ 5 economy punct 19 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 20 have nsubj 20 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 21 no no DET PronType=Neg 22 cause det 22 cause cause NOUN Number=Sing 20 have obj 23 for for ADP _ 24 alarm case 24 alarm alarm NOUN Number=Sing 22 cause nmod 25 . . PUNCT _ 20 have punct
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1 is a condition, not said to happen past it economy tree rules 2 is present you anxious property tree rules 3 teach speech: other to-infinitive you not said here me vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient 4 not is to-infinitive you not said here wasteful property tree rules 5 have present you no cause for alarm vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Patient
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