Rolesets - pointless

pointless

pointless.01 - purposeless

POINTLESS-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-1. (from pointless.01-j)

Aliases:

pointless (j.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: agent of pointless action
ARG1-PPT: pointless action, thing

arg1

We can surge troops all we want , but
if the level of cruelty does n't increaseARGM-ADV
itARG1
willARGM-MOD
allARGM-ADV
be
pointlessrel
.

empty it, both args

I told him that it was
pointlessrel
of himARG0
to go to Africa and desert everybodyARG1
if he was just going to come back anywayARGM-ADV
.

pointless.02 - not having a pointy end

POINTLESS-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on WordNet. (from pointless.02-j)

Aliases:

pointless (j.)

Roles:

ARG1-PAG: thing without a pointy end

the arg

Blunt PencilsARG1
are
Pointlessrel

pointless.03 - with no points having been scored

POINTLESS-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on WordNet. (from pointless.03-j)

Aliases:

pointless (j.)

Roles:

ARG1-PPT: competition without points scored
ARG2-GOL: team scoring no points
ARG3-VSP: opposing team

both arsg

Since
this gameARG1
was
pointlessrel
for youARG2
since the beginningARGM-TMP
, we 'll spare you losing all those points on your ranking .