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title: informative — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «informative» in the school dictionary: Informative means giving useful facts and knowledge. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# informative

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**Who acts:** Informative, museum guide, you, documentary, informative text, poster · **What happens:** mean, give, write, be, use · **To what, where:** useful facts, informative talk, informative leaflet, facts

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Informative means giving useful facts and knowledge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:informative:m1:1
# text = Informative means giving useful facts and knowledge.
1	Informative	informative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Informative |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give** *not said to happen* | gerund | Informative *not said here* | useful facts and knowledge |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme |

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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 guide gave an informative talk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:informative:x1:1
# text = The museum guide gave an informative talk.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	informative	informative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the museum guide | a informative talk |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Write an informative leaflet about recycling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:informative:x2:1
# text = Write an informative leaflet about recycling.
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	informative	informative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	leaflet	leaflet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	recycling	recycling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | a informative leaflet |  |  |  | about recycling | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent leaflet=Recipient about recycling=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The documentary about sharks was very informative.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:informative:x3:1
# text = The documentary about sharks was very informative.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	documentary	documentary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	informative	informative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the documentary about sharks |  |  |  |  | informative *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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An informative text uses facts, not opinions.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:informative:x4:1
# text = An informative text uses facts, not opinions.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	informative	informative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	opinions	opinion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | a informative text | facts and opinions |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Thanks for the informative email.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:informative:x5:1
# text = Thanks for the informative email.
1	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	informative	informative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	email	email	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The poster was colourful and informative.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:informative:x6:1
# text = The poster was colourful and informative.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	colourful	colourful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	informative	informative	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 poster |  |  |  |  | colourful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the poster *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the school 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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