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title: instructive — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «instructive» in the Judaism dictionary: Instructive means teaching something useful; giving information or lessons that help you learn. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# instructive

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**Who acts:** Instructive, information, you, museum trip, book, story · **What happens:** mean, teach, give, help, learn, be · **To what, where:** something, information

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«instructive» in the Judaism 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: [instructive in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/instructive.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Instructive means teaching something useful; giving information or lessons that help you learn.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:instructive:m1:1
# text = Instructive means teaching something useful; giving information or lessons that help you learn.
1	Instructive	instructive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	teaching	teach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Instructive |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | gerund | Instructive *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient |
| 3 | **give** | gerund | Instructive *not said here* | information or lessons |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Theme |
| 4 | **help** | present | information or lessons |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 5 | **learn** | infinitive | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#x1}

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The museum trip was very instructive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:instructive:x1:1
# text = The museum trip was very instructive.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	instructive	instructive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the museum trip |  |  |  |  | instructive *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This book is instructive about frogs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:instructive:x2:1
# text = This book is instructive about frogs.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	instructive	instructive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this book |  |  |  |  | about frogs; instructive *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The story was thoughtful and instructive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:instructive:x3:1
# text = The story was thoughtful and instructive.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thoughtful	thoughtful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	instructive	instructive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the story |  |  |  |  | thoughtful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the story *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the Judaism 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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