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alternation

Who acts: one thing, Earth, day, pattern, red beads, alternation · What happens: follow, pattern, cause, spin, alternate, show · To what, where: another, alternation, rainbow

«alternation» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: alternation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The pattern of one thing following another again and again, like day and night or red then blue.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pattern	det
2	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 thing	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 thing	nummod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pattern	nmod
6	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 thing	acl
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 following	obj
8	again	again	ADV	_	6 following	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 again	cc
10	again	again	ADV	_	8 again	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 day	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	13 day	case
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pattern	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 night	cc
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pattern	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 red	cc
17	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 night	nmod
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 blue	advmod
19	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 red	amod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pattern	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund	one thing not said here	another			again		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Theme
2	pattern		one thing						nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

The alternation of day and night is caused by Earth spinning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 alternation	det
2	alternation	alternation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caused	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 day	case
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alternation	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 night	cc
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 day	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 caused	aux:pass
8	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 Earth	case
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 caused	obl
11	spinning	spin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 caused	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	Earth	the alternation of day and night					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	spin	gerund	Earth not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	alternate		day and night						nom alternation «act intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

The pattern shows an alternation of red and blue beads.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pattern	det
2	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 alternation	det
5	alternation	alternation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 beads	case
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 beads	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 blue	cc
9	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 red	conj
10	beads	bead	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 alternation	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	the pattern	a alternation of red beads					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent alternation=Recipient
2	alternate		red beads						nom alternation «act intransitive»: of=agent

Example 3

There is an alternation of high and low tides.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 alternation	det
4	alternation	alternation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 tides	case
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tides	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 low	cc
8	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 high	conj
9	tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 alternation	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 is	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	a alternation of high tides			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	alternate		high tides						nom alternation «act intransitive»: of=agent

Example 4

The song has an alternation of loud and soft parts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 song	det
2	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 alternation	det
5	alternation	alternation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 parts	case
7	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 parts	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 soft	cc
9	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 loud	conj
10	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 alternation	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the song	a alternation of loud parts					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alternation=Patient
2	alternate		loud parts						nom alternation «act intransitive»: of=agent

Example 5

The alternation between sun and rain made a rainbow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 alternation	det
2	alternation	alternation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj
3	between	between	ADP	_	4 sun	case
4	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alternation	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rain	cc
6	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sun	conj
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rainbow	det
9	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the alternation between sun and rain	a rainbow					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rainbow=Product

Example 6

Look for the alternation in the number pattern 3, 7, 3, 7.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 alternation	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 alternation	det
4	alternation	alternation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 pattern	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pattern	det
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pattern	compound
8	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 alternation	nmod
9	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 pattern	flat
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 7	punct
11	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 pattern	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 3	punct
13	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 7	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 7	punct
15	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 7	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here					for the alternation in the number pattern	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for alternation=Theme

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