alacrity

Who acts: Alacrity, quickness, She, dog, soldiers · What happens: mean, do, accept, run, fetch, obey · To what, where: quickness, something, invitation, ball, order

«alacrity» in the school 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: alacrity in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Alacrity means quickness and eagerness in doing something, without delay.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alacrity	alacrity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quickness	quickness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 eagerness	cc
5	eagerness	eagerness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 quickness	conj
6	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 doing	mark
7	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 quickness	acl
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 doing	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 delay	punct
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 delay	case
11	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 something	appos
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Alacrity	quickness and eagerness					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quickness=Topic
2	do	gerund	quickness and eagerness not said here	something					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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

She accepted the invitation with alacrity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 invitation	det
4	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 alacrity	case
6	alacrity	alacrity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invitation	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 accepted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	She	the invitation				with alacrity	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme

Example 2

The dog ran to fetch the ball with alacrity.

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 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fetch	mark
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ran	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ball	det
7	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fetch	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 alacrity	case
9	alacrity	alacrity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fetch	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the dog						vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	fetch	to-infinitive	the dog not said here	the ball				with alacrity	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme

Example 3

The soldiers obeyed the order with alacrity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldiers	det
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obeyed	nsubj
3	obeyed	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 order	det
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obeyed	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 alacrity	case
7	alacrity	alacrity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 order	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 obeyed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	past	the soldiers	the order				with alacrity	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme

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