And is it not a matter ofCharacteristicIdentity consequence to try to understand why the flowers go to so much trouble toPurposePurpose grow thorns which are never ofCharacteristicIdentity any use toBeneficiaryGoal them ?

Ex P Role Function Adposition Part of Speech Governor Head Governor Part of Speech Governor Supersense Object Head Object Part of Speech Object Supersense Governor-Object Syntax Transitive? Typo? Abbrev? Sent ID
(17685) And is it not a matter of consequence to try to understand why the flowers go to so much trouble to grow thorns which are never of any use to them ? Characteristic Identity ADP matter NOUN consequence NOUN default lpp_1943.344
(17686) And is it not a matter of consequence to try to understand why the flowers go to so much trouble to grow thorns which are never of any use to them ? Purpose = Purpose PART trouble NOUN grow VERB subordinating lpp_1943.344
(17687) And is it not a matter of consequence to try to understand why the flowers go to so much trouble to grow thorns which are never of any use to them ? Characteristic Identity ADP which PRON use NOUN predicative lpp_1943.344
(17688) And is it not a matter of consequence to try to understand why the flowers go to so much trouble to grow thorns which are never of any use to them ? Beneficiary Goal ADP use NOUN they PRON default lpp_1943.344

Aligned Sentences in other Corpora (1–1 of 1)

Sentence ID Sentence Language Sentence Text
lpp_1943_zh-344 Mandarin Chinese 要搞清楚为什么花儿费那么大劲给自己制造没有什么用的刺,这难道不是正经事?

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