worthwhile Who acts: you, Practising, Helping, long walk, It, your · What happens: spend, do, practise, be, help, check · To what, where: food bank, worthwhile thing, work, more, worthwhile work
«worthwhile» 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: worthwhile in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Worth the time, effort or money you spend; useful or good to do.
The tree, 13 words amod det obl:unmarked punct conj cc conj nsubj punct advcl cc conj mark xcomp punct root Worth ADJ the DET time NOUN , PUNCT effort NOUN or CCONJ money NOUN you PRON spend VERB ; PUNCT useful ADJ or CCONJ good ADJ to PART do VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Worth worth ADJ Degree=Pos 3 time amod 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 time det 3 time time NOUN Number=Sing 9 spend obl:unmarked 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 effort punct 5 effort effort NOUN Number=Sing 3 time conj 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 money cc 7 money money NOUN Number=Sing 3 time conj 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 spend nsubj 9 spend spend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 ; ; PUNCT _ 11 useful punct 11 useful useful ADJ Degree=Pos 9 spend advcl 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 good cc 13 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 11 useful conj 14 to to PART _ 15 do mark 15 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 good xcomp 16 . . PUNCT _ 9 spend punct
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1 spend present you time vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 do to-infinitive you not said here vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 Practising every day is worthwhile.
csubj det obl:unmarked cop punct root Practising VERB every DET day NOUN is AUX worthwhile ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Practising practise VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 worthwhile csubj 2 every every DET PronType=Tot 3 day det 3 day day NOUN Number=Sing 1 Practising obl:unmarked 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 worthwhile cop 5 worthwhile worthwhile ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 worthwhile punct
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1 practise gerund day tree rules 2 is present Practising worthwhile property tree rules
Example 2 Helping at the food bank was a worthwhile thing to do.
csubj case det compound obl cop det amod mark acl punct root Helping VERB at ADP the DET food NOUN bank NOUN was AUX a DET worthwhile ADJ thing NOUN to PART do VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Helping help VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 thing csubj 2 at at ADP _ 5 bank case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 bank det 4 food food NOUN Number=Sing 5 bank compound 5 bank bank NOUN Number=Sing 1 Helping obl 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 thing cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 thing det 8 worthwhile worthwhile ADJ Degree=Pos 9 thing amod 9 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 to to PART _ 11 do mark 11 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 thing acl 12 . . PUNCT _ 9 thing punct
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1 help gerund the food bank vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent 2 is a past Helping a worthwhile thing tree rules 3 do to-infinitive vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 The long walk was worthwhile for the view.
det amod nsubj cop case det obl punct root The DET long ADJ walk NOUN was AUX worthwhile ADJ for ADP the DET view NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 walk det 2 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 3 walk amod 3 walk walk NOUN Number=Sing 5 worthwhile nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 worthwhile cop 5 worthwhile worthwhile ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 for for ADP _ 8 view case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 view det 8 view view NOUN Number=Sing 5 worthwhile obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 worthwhile punct
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1 is past the long walk for the view; worthwhile property tree rules
Example 4 It's worthwhile checking your work before you hand it in.
nsubj cop advcl nmod:poss obj mark nsubj advcl obj compound:prt punct root It PRON 's AUX worthwhile ADJ checking VERB your PRON work NOUN before SCONJ you PRON hand VERB it PRON in ADP . 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 worthwhile nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 worthwhile cop 3 worthwhile worthwhile ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 checking check VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 worthwhile advcl 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 work nmod:poss 6 work work NOUN Number=Sing 4 checking obj 7 before before SCONJ _ 9 hand mark 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 hand nsubj 9 hand hand VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 worthwhile advcl 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 hand obj 11 in in ADP _ 9 hand compound:prt 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 worthwhile punct
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1 is present It worthwhile property tree rules 2 check gerund your work vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme 3 hand in present you work vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 4 work your nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 5 Is it worthwhile paying more for the bigger box?
cop nsubj advcl obj case det amod obl punct root Is AUX it PRON worthwhile ADJ paying VERB more ADJ for ADP the DET bigger ADJ box NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 worthwhile cop 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 worthwhile nsubj 3 worthwhile worthwhile ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 paying pay VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 worthwhile advcl 5 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 paying obj 6 for for ADP _ 9 box case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 box det 8 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 box amod 9 box box NOUN Number=Sing 5 more obl 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 worthwhile punct
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1 is present it worthwhile property tree rules 2 pay gerund more vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Asset
Example 6 They did some worthwhile work for the charity.
nsubj det amod obj case det obl punct root They PRON did VERB some DET worthwhile ADJ work NOUN for ADP the DET charity NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 did nsubj 2 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 some some DET PronType=Ind 5 work det 4 worthwhile worthwhile ADJ Degree=Pos 5 work amod 5 work work NOUN Number=Sing 2 did obj 6 for for ADP _ 8 charity case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 charity det 8 charity charity NOUN Number=Sing 2 did obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 did punct
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1 do past They some worthwhile work for the charity vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality
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