📖 incessantlyWho acts: dog, It, baby, little brother, phone, He · What happens: stop, bark, rain, cry, talk, ring · To what, where: annoying way, word, them · Speech: someone speaks here
«incessantly» in the English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: incessantly in the English dictionary .
Everyday, meaning 1 Without stopping, all the time, often in an annoying way.
mark punct det:predet det obl:unmarked punct advmod case det amod obl punct root Without SCONJ stopping VERB , PUNCT all DET the DET time NOUN , PUNCT often ADV in ADP an DET annoying ADJ way NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Without without SCONJ _ 2 stopping mark 2 stopping stop VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 stopping punct 4 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 time det:predet 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 time det 6 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 stopping obl:unmarked 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 way punct 8 often often ADV _ 12 way advmod 9 in in ADP _ 12 way case 10 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 way det 11 annoying annoying ADJ Degree=Pos 12 way amod 12 way way NOUN Number=Sing 2 stopping obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 stopping punct
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1 stop gerund a annoying way time vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Location
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.
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
The dog barked incessantly.
det nsubj advmod punct root The DET dog NOUN barked VERB incessantly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 dog det 2 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 3 barked nsubj 3 barked bark VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 incessantly incessantly ADV _ 3 barked advmod 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 barked punct
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1 bark past the dog incessantly property vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 It rained incessantly for three days.
nsubj advmod case nummod obl punct root It PRON rained VERB incessantly ADV for ADP three NUM days NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 rained nsubj 2 rained rain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 incessantly incessantly ADV _ 2 rained advmod 4 for for ADP _ 6 days case 5 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 days nummod 6 days day NOUN Number=Plur 2 rained obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 rained punct
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1 rain past It day incessantly property vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
Example 2 The baby cried incessantly all night.
det nsubj advmod det obl:unmarked punct root The DET baby NOUN cried VERB incessantly ADV all DET night NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 baby det 2 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 3 cried nsubj 3 cried cry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 incessantly incessantly ADV _ 3 cried advmod 5 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 night det 6 night night NOUN Number=Sing 3 cried obl:unmarked 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 cried punct
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1 cry speech: express past the baby night incessantly property vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 My little brother talks incessantly.
nmod:poss amod nsubj advmod punct root My PRON little ADJ brother NOUN talks VERB incessantly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 brother nmod:poss 2 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 brother amod 3 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 4 talks nsubj 4 talks talk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 incessantly incessantly ADV _ 4 talks advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 talks punct
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1 talk present My little brother incessantly property vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 The phone rang incessantly.
det nsubj advmod punct root The DET phone NOUN rang VERB incessantly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 phone det 2 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing 3 rang nsubj 3 rang ring VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 incessantly incessantly ADV _ 3 rang advmod 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 rang punct
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1 ring past the phone incessantly property vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 He complained incessantly about the food.
nsubj advmod case det obl punct root He PRON complained VERB incessantly ADV about ADP the DET food NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 complained nsubj 2 complained complain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 incessantly incessantly ADV _ 2 complained advmod 4 about about ADP _ 6 food case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 food det 6 food food NOUN Number=Sing 2 complained obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 complained punct
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1 complain speech: other past He about the food; incessantly property vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about food=Topic
Example 6 The tap dripped incessantly.
det nsubj advmod punct root The DET tap NOUN dripped VERB incessantly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 tap det 2 tap tap NOUN Number=Sing 3 dripped nsubj 3 dripped drip VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 incessantly incessantly ADV _ 3 dripped advmod 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 dripped punct
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1 drip past the tap incessantly property vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
Example 7 Though they chattered incessantly I could not understand a word they said, nor did they heed when I spoke to them.
The tree, 21 words mark nsubj advcl advmod nsubj aux advmod det obj nsubj acl:relcl punct cc aux nsubj ccomp advmod nsubj advcl case obl punct root Though SCONJ they PRON chattered VERB incessantly ADV I PRON could AUX not PART understand VERB a DET word NOUN they PRON said VERB , PUNCT nor CCONJ did AUX they PRON heed VERB when ADV I PRON spoke VERB to ADP them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Though though SCONJ _ 3 chattered mark 2 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 chattered nsubj 3 chattered chatter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 understand advcl 4 incessantly incessantly ADV _ 3 chattered advmod 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 understand nsubj 6 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 understand aux 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 understand advmod 8 understand understand VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 word det 10 word word NOUN Number=Sing 8 understand obj 11 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 said nsubj 12 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 word acl:relcl 13 , , PUNCT _ 17 heed punct 14 nor nor CCONJ Polarity=Neg 17 heed cc 15 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 17 heed aux 16 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 heed nsubj 17 heed heed VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 said ccomp 18 when when ADV PronType=Int 20 spoke advmod 19 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 20 spoke nsubj 20 spoke speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 17 heed advcl 21 to to ADP _ 22 them case 22 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 20 spoke obl 23 . . PUNCT _ 8 understand punct
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1 chatter past they incessantly property vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 not understand could I a word vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus 3 say speech: assert past they a word not said here tree rules 4 heed past · do-support they vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 5 speak speech: other past I them = they vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent
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