still

Who acts: Abram, Night, book, copyright, we · What happens: go on, stop, journey, go, stand, mute · To what, where: South, copyright, country, guidance, specific use, specific book

«still» in the Early Modern English 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: still in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

Continually or always, going on without stopping.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continually	continually	ADV	_	5 going	advmod
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 going	cc
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 going	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 going	punct
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 going	compound:prt
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 stopping	mark
8	stopping	stop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 going	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on	gerund						always, continually property	vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	gerund							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

From Torah GEN.12.9, JPS 1917.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 journeyed	cc
2	Abram	Abram	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 journeyed	nsubj
3	journeyed	journey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 going	punct
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 journeyed	advcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 still	case
7	still	still	ADV	_	5 going	obl
8	toward	toward	ADP	_	10 South	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 South	det
10	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 going	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 journeyed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	journey	past	Abram						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	gerund	Abram not said here			the South			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme toward south=Initial_Location

Example 2

But Night stood still and mute.

From Andersen's Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	3 stood	cc
2	Night	Night	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	still	still	ADV	_	3 stood	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mute	cc
6	mute	mute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stood	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	Night				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mute	infinitive	Night not said here						vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can't offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed.

From Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	7 copyright	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 book	det
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 copyright	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 copyright	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	7 copyright	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 copyright	case
7	copyright	copyright	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 varies	nsubj
8	varies	vary	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 country	case
10	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 varies	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 country	case
12	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 varies	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 offer	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 offer	cc
15	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 offer	nsubj
16	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 offer	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 offer	advmod
18	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 varies	parataxis
19	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 offer	obj
20	on	on	SCONJ	_	30 allowed	mark
21	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	30 allowed	mark
22	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	24 use	det
23	specific	specific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 use	amod
24	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 allowed	nsubj:pass
25	of	of	ADP	_	28 book	case
26	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	28 book	det
27	specific	specific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 book	amod
28	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 use	nmod
29	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 allowed	aux:pass
30	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 offer	advcl
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 varies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a book		copyright	still		tree rules
2	vary	present	copyright		country		to country result	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V PP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: agent=Patient from country=Initial_State to country=Result
3	not offer	can	we	guidance				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent guidance=Theme
4	allow	present · passive		any specific use of any specific book				vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
5	use			any specific book				nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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