worthless

Who acts: Fake gold, ticket, promises, he, His, one · What happens: have, feel, treat, turn out, not be, be · To what, where: value, old painting, show, promises, new country

«worthless» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: worthless in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Having no value or use; not worth any money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 worth	csubj
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 value	det
3	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 use	cc
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 value	conj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 worth	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 worth	advmod
8	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 money	det
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 worth	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 worth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		no value or use					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Patient

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: of a person, unkind — kept apart, not parsed.

Feeling or being treated as having no value.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 treated	cc
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 treated	aux:pass
4	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Feeling	conj
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 having	mark
6	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 treated	advcl
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 value	det
8	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 having	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Feeling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	feel	gerund		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	treat	gerund · passive		vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»
3	have	gerund	no value	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Patient

Example 1

The old painting turned out to be not worthless but very valuable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 painting	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 painting	amod
3	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 painting	acl
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 turned	compound:prt
6	to	to	PART	_	9 worthless	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 worthless	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 worthless	advmod
9	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 turned	xcomp
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 valuable	cc
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 valuable	advmod
12	valuable	valuable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 worthless	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 painting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	turn out	participle	the old painting not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not is	to-infinitive		worthless property	tree rules
3	be				tree rules

Example 2

Fake gold is worthless.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gold	amod
2	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worthless	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worthless	cop
4	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 worthless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fake gold					worthless property	tree rules

Example 3

The ticket was worthless after the show had ended.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ticket	det
2	ticket	ticket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worthless	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 worthless	cop
4	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 ended	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 show	det
7	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ended	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 ended	aux
9	ended	end	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 worthless	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 worthless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the ticket					worthless property	tree rules
2	end	past · perfect · passive		the show					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Example 4

His promises were worthless because he never kept them.

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	2 promises	nmod:poss
2	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 worthless	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 worthless	cop
4	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 kept	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 kept	nsubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 kept	advmod
8	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 worthless	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 kept	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 worthless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	His promises		worthless property	tree rules
2	not keep	past	he	promises = promise		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	promise		His = he			nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

No one is worthless; everybody matters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worthless	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worthless	cop
4	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 matters	punct
6	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 matters	nsubj
7	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worthless	parataxis
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 worthless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	no one					worthless property	tree rules
2	matter	present	everybody						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Example 6

The coins were worthless in the new country.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coins	det
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 worthless	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 worthless	cop
4	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 country	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 country	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 country	amod
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worthless	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 worthless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the coins			the new country		worthless property	tree rules

Example 7

The casket was splendid, but the contents were worthless.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 casket	det
2	casket	casket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 splendid	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 splendid	cop
4	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 worthless	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 worthless	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 contents	det
8	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	10 worthless	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 worthless	cop
10	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 splendid	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 splendid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the casket					splendid property	tree rules
2	is	past	the contents					worthless property	tree rules

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