constant

Who acts: Constant, amount, you, I, he, My · What happens: mean, happen, stay, not change, be, drive · To what, where: same, number, maths, constant speed, system, constant use · Speech: someone speaks here

«constant» in the Judaism dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: constant in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Constant means happening all the time or again and again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	happening	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
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	3 happening	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 again	cc
8	again	again	ADV	_	6 time	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 again	cc
10	again	again	ADV	_	8 again	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Constant						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	happen not said to happen	gerund	Constant not said here				time		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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:

"constant noise".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 noise	punct
2	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 noise	amod
3	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 noise	punct
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 noise	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Constant means staying the same, not changing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	staying	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 same	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 staying	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 changing	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 changing	advmod
8	changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 staying	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	Constant		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stay not said to happen	gerund	Constant not said here	the same	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme same=Location
3	not change	gerund	Constant not said here		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"drive at a constant speed".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 drive	punct
2	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 speed	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 speed	det
5	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 speed	amod
6	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drive	obl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 drive	punct
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive in a quote	imperative	you not said here			a constant speed			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

In maths and science, a constant is a number or amount that does not change, like the number of days in a week.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 maths	case
2	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 number	obl
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 science	cc
4	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 maths	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 maths	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 constant	det
7	constant	constant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 number	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 number	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 number	det
10	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 amount	cc
12	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 number	conj
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 change	nsubj
14	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 change	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 change	advmod
16	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 amount	acl:relcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 number	punct
18	like	like	ADP	_	20 number	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 number	det
20	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 change	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 days	case
22	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 number	nmod
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 week	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 week	det
25	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 change	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 number	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a constant	a number or amount		maths and science			tree rules
2	not change	present · do-support	amount	the number of days			week		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient

Meaning 4

Usage: old, literary — kept apart, not parsed.

Constant means loyal and faithful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 faithful	cc
5	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 loyal	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Constant					loyal property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"a constant friend".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 friend	punct
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 friend	det
3	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 friend	amod
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 friend	punct
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 friend	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The system of points in writing Hebrew was not perfected until the seventh century, and even then was not in constant use. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

Sentence 1: The system of points in writing Hebrew was not perfected until the seventh century, and even then was not in constant use.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 system	det
2	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 perfected	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 points	case
4	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 system	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 writing	case
6	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 points	nmod
7	Hebrew	Hebrew	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 writing	appos
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 perfected	aux:pass
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 perfected	advmod
10	perfected	perfect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	until	until	ADP	_	14 century	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 century	det
13	seventh	seventh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 century	amod
14	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 perfected	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 use	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 use	cc
17	even	even	ADV	_	18 then	advmod
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 use	advmod
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 use	cop
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 use	advmod
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 use	case
22	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 use	amod
23	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 perfected	advcl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 perfected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not perfect	past · passive		the system of points in writing			century		vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	not is	past				constant use	then		tree rules

Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Westcott	punct
5	Westcott	Westcott	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	conj
6	1893	1893	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 Westcott	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 2

And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do My commandments and Mine ordinances, as at this day. (Writings 1CH.28.7, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do My commandments and Mine ordinances, as at this day.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 establish	cc
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 establish	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 establish	aux
4	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 kingdom	nmod:poss
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 establish	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ever	case
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 establish	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 constant	punct
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 constant	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 constant	nsubj
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 constant	cop
13	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 establish	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 do	mark
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 constant	xcomp
16	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 commandments	nmod:poss
17	commandments	commandment	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 do	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 ordinances	cc
19	Mine	mine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 ordinances	amod
20	ordinances	ordinance	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 commandments	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 day	punct
22	as	as	ADP	_	25 day	case
23	at	at	ADP	_	25 day	case
24	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 day	det
25	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 do	obl:unmarked
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 establish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	establish	future	I	his kingdom			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Patient
2	is a condition, not said to happen	infinitive	he			constant property	tree rules
3	do	to-infinitive	he not said here	My commandments and Mine ordinances	day		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Eventuality
4	command		My				nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 2: (Writings 1CH.28.7, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	1CH.28.7	1CH.28.7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Writings	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 1917	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 1917	nmod:unmarked
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 1CH.28.7	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 3

The car travelled at a constant speed of 60 kilometres an hour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 car	det
2	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travelled	nsubj
3	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 speed	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 speed	det
6	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 speed	amod
7	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travelled	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 kilometres	case
9	60	60	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 kilometres	nummod
10	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 speed	nmod
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hour	det
12	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kilometres	nmod:unmarked
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 travelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	past	the car			a constant speed of 60 kilometres a hour			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory

Example 4

Keep the water temperature constant during the experiment.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 temperature	det
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 temperature	compound
4	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
5	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 experiment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 experiment	det
8	experiment	experiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constant	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the water temperature				constant property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temperature=Theme

Example 5

The baby's constant crying kept us awake.

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	5 crying	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 baby	case
4	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crying	amod
5	crying	crying	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kept	nsubj
6	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 kept	obj
8	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kept	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the baby's constant crying	us				awake property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme
2	cry		the baby						nom crying «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

The dog was his constant companion.

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	6 companion	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 companion	cop
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 companion	nmod:poss
5	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 companion	amod
6	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 companion	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the dog	dog's constant companion					tree rules

Example 7

At a constant rate of 5 pages a day, 30 pages take 6 days.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 rate	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rate	det
3	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rate	amod
4	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 take	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pages	case
6	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 pages	nummod
7	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rate	nmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pages	nmod:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rate	punct
11	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 pages	nummod
12	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 take	nsubj
13	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 days	nummod
15	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 take	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	30 pages			a constant rate of 5 pages a day	day		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at rate=Asset

Example 8

In a fair test, everything is constant except one thing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 test	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 test	det
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 test	amod
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 constant	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 test	punct
6	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 constant	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 constant	cop
8	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	except	except	ADP	_	11 thing	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 thing	nummod
11	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 constant	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 constant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	everything			a fair test		except one thing; constant property	tree rules

Example 9

The constant rain spoiled the camping trip.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rain	det
2	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rain	amod
3	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoiled	nsubj
4	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trip	det
6	camping	camping	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trip	compound
7	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoiled	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spoiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil	past	the constant rain	the camping trip					tree rules

Example 10

The wife of the Viking lived in constant pain and sorrow about it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wife	det
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lived	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Viking	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Viking	det
5	Viking	Viking	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wife	nmod
6	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 pain	case
8	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pain	amod
9	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lived	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sorrow	cc
11	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pain	conj
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sorrow	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the wife of the Viking			constant pain and sorrow about sorrow			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pain=Location

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