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title: unnecessarily — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unnecessarily» in the school dictionary: In a way that is not needed; more than is needed, for no good reason. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unnecessarily

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**Who acts:** you, teacher, that · **What happens:** not need, need, not tease, not shout, cut out, be · **To what, where:** that, way, more, dog, words

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a way that is not needed; more than is needed, for no good reason.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unnecessarily:m1:1
# text = In a way that is not needed; more than is needed, for no good reason.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
16	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present · passive |  | that |  | a way |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present · passive |  | more |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't tease the dog unnecessarily.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unnecessarily:x1:1
# text = Don't tease the dog unnecessarily.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	tease	tease	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	unnecessarily	unnecessarily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	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** **tease** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the dog |  |  |  | unnecessarily *property* | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teacher did not shout unnecessarily.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unnecessarily:x2:1
# text = The teacher did not shout unnecessarily.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	unnecessarily	unnecessarily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **shout** *speech: express* | past · do-support | the teacher |  |  |  |  | unnecessarily *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Cut out any words that are unnecessarily long.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unnecessarily:x3:1
# text = Cut out any words that are unnecessarily long.
1	Cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	unnecessarily	unnecessarily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut out** | imperative | you *not said here* | any words |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector word=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | long, unnecessarily *property* | 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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