alternately Who acts: Alternately, you, light, We, She, Superstition · What happens: mean, take, thread, flash, read, be · To what, where: one thing, turns, red beads, page, tulips, left foot
«alternately» in the school 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: alternately in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Alternately means first one thing, then the other, again and again, taking turns.
The tree, 13 words nsubj advmod nummod obj punct advmod det parataxis punct advmod cc conj punct conj obj punct root Alternately PROPN means VERB first ADV one NUM thing NOUN , PUNCT then ADV the DET other ADJ , PUNCT again ADV and CCONJ again ADV , PUNCT taking VERB turns NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Alternately Alternately PROPN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 4 one advmod 4 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 thing nummod 5 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 2 means obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 other punct 7 then then ADV PronType=Dem 9 other advmod 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 other det 9 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means parataxis 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 again punct 11 again again ADV _ 9 other advmod 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 again cc 13 again again ADV _ 11 again conj 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 taking punct 15 taking take VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 means conj 16 turns turn NOUN Number=Plur 15 taking obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Alternately one thing vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic 2 take gerund Alternately not said here turns vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=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.
Example 1 Thread red and blue beads alternately.
amod cc conj obj advmod punct root Thread VERB red ADJ and CCONJ blue ADJ beads NOUN alternately ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Thread thread VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 red red ADJ Degree=Pos 5 beads amod 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 blue cc 4 blue blue ADJ Degree=Pos 2 red conj 5 beads bead NOUN Number=Plur 1 Thread obj 6 alternately alternately ADV _ 1 Thread advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 1 Thread punct
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1 thread imperative you not said here red beads alternately property vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bead=Patient
Example 2 The light flashed red and green alternately.
det nsubj xcomp cc conj advmod punct root The DET light NOUN flashed VERB red ADJ and CCONJ green ADJ alternately ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 light det 2 light light NOUN Number=Sing 3 flashed nsubj 3 flashed flash VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 red red ADJ Degree=Pos 3 flashed xcomp 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 green cc 6 green green ADJ Degree=Pos 4 red conj 7 alternately alternately ADV _ 3 flashed advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 flashed punct
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1 flash past the light alternately, red property vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 We took turns alternately to read a page.
nsubj obj advmod mark advcl det obj punct root We PRON took VERB turns NOUN alternately ADV to PART read VERB a DET page NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 took nsubj 2 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 turns turn NOUN Number=Plur 2 took obj 4 alternately alternately ADV _ 2 took advmod 5 to to PART _ 6 read mark 6 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 took advcl 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 page det 8 page page NOUN Number=Sing 6 read obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 took punct
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1 take past We turns alternately property vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme 2 read to-infinitive We not said here a page vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Topic
Example 4 She was alternately happy and sad all day.
nsubj cop advmod cc conj det obl:unmarked punct root She PRON was AUX alternately ADV happy ADJ and CCONJ sad ADJ all DET day NOUN . PUNCT 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 4 happy nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 happy cop 3 alternately alternately ADV _ 4 happy advmod 4 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 sad cc 6 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 4 happy conj 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 8 day det 8 day day NOUN Number=Sing 4 happy obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 happy punct
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1 is past She day alternately, happy property tree rules 2 be She not said here tree rules
Example 5 Plant the tulips and daffodils alternately.
det obj cc conj advmod punct root Plant VERB the DET tulips NOUN and CCONJ daffodils NOUN alternately ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Plant plant VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 tulips det 3 tulips tulip NOUN Number=Plur 1 Plant obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 daffodils cc 5 daffodils daffodil NOUN Number=Plur 3 tulips conj 6 alternately alternately ADV _ 1 Plant advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 1 Plant punct
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1 plant imperative you not said here the tulips and daffodils alternately property vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tulip=Patient
Example 6 Hop alternately on your left and right foot.
advmod case nmod:poss amod cc conj obl punct root Hop VERB alternately ADV on ADP your PRON left ADJ and CCONJ right ADJ foot NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hop hop VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 alternately alternately ADV _ 1 Hop advmod 3 on on ADP _ 8 foot case 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 foot nmod:poss 5 left left ADJ Degree=Pos 8 foot amod 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 right cc 7 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 5 left conj 8 foot foot NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hop obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Hop punct
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1 hop imperative you not said here your left foot alternately property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Trajectory
Example 7 Superstition made her alternately shudder with cold or burn with the heat of fever.
The tree, 14 words nsubj obj advmod obl case nmod cc conj case det obl case nmod punct root Superstition NOUN made VERB her PRON alternately ADV shudder NOUN with ADP cold ADJ or CCONJ burn VERB with ADP the DET heat NOUN of ADP fever NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Superstition superstition NOUN Number=Sing 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 made obj 4 alternately alternately ADV _ 5 shudder advmod 5 shudder shudder NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obl 6 with with ADP _ 7 cold case 7 cold cold ADJ Degree=Pos 5 shudder nmod 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 burn cc 9 burn burn VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 made conj 10 with with ADP _ 12 heat case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 heat det 12 heat heat NOUN Number=Sing 9 burn obl 13 of of ADP _ 14 fever case 14 fever fever NOUN Number=Sing 12 heat nmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 made punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past Superstition her = she shudder with cold obl vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product 2 burn infinitive Superstition not said here with the heat of fever vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with heat=Theme 3 heat fever nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent
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