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title: rubbishy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rubbishy» in the school dictionary: Rubbishy means of very poor quality or worth nothing; like rubbish. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rubbishy

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**Who acts:** Rubbishy, rubbishy fellow, shop, rubbishy toys, I · **What happens:** mean, come, sell, break, not want · **To what, where:** rubbishy toys, rubbishy pens

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Rubbishy means of very poor quality or worth nothing; like rubbish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rubbishy:m1:1
# text = Rubbishy means of very poor quality or worth nothing; like rubbish.
1	Rubbishy	rubbishy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Rubbishy |  |  |  |  | of poor quality | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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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Some rubbishy fellow may come.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rubbishy:x1:1
# text = Some rubbishy fellow may come.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	rubbishy	rubbishy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fellow	fellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | may | some rubbishy fellow |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The shop sold rubbishy toys that broke at once.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rubbishy:x2:1
# text = The shop sold rubbishy toys that broke at once.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rubbishy	rubbishy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | the shop | rubbishy toys |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | past | rubbishy toys |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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I do not want rubbishy pens.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rubbishy:x3:1
# text = I do not want rubbishy pens.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	rubbishy	rubbishy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pens	pen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | I | rubbishy pens |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pen=Theme |

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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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