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title: insignificant — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «insignificant» in the school dictionary: Insignificant means too small or unimportant to matter. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# insignificant

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**Who acts:** Insignificant, insignificant person, It, mouse, you · **What happens:** mean, matter, be, seem, turn out, not worry · **To what, where:** small, insignificant crumb, floor, insignificant

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«insignificant» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [insignificant in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insignificant.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Insignificant means too small or unimportant to matter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insignificant:m1:1
# text = Insignificant means too small or unimportant to matter.
1	Insignificant	insignificant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Insignificant | small |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent small=Topic |
| 2 | **matter** | to-infinitive | Insignificant *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: in tales — kept apart, not parsed.

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An insignificant person is small or plain and seems of no worth, though may turn out important.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insignificant:m2:1
# text = An insignificant person is small or plain and seems of no worth, though may turn out important.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	insignificant	insignificant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	worth	worth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
17	out	out	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a insignificant person |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | a insignificant person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **seem** | present | a insignificant person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of no worth | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **turn out** | may | a insignificant person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | important *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was only an insignificant crumb on the floor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insignificant:x1:1
# text = It was only an insignificant crumb on the floor.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	insignificant	insignificant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	crumb	crumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a insignificant crumb |  | the floor |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The mouse seemed insignificant beside the lion.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insignificant:x2:1
# text = The mouse seemed insignificant beside the lion.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	insignificant	insignificant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | past | the mouse | insignificant |  |  |  | beside the lion | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme insignificant=Attribute |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Don't worry about insignificant mistakes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insignificant:x3:1
# text = Don't worry about insignificant mistakes.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	worry	worry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	insignificant	insignificant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **worry** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about insignificant mistakes | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about mistake=Stimulus |

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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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