astonishing Who acts: Astonishing, It, cheetah, Alice, magician, astonishing number · What happens: mean, be, believe, astonish, run, see · To what, where: astonishing sight, astonishing trick, size · Speech: someone speaks here
«astonishing» 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: astonishing in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Astonishing means so surprising that it is hard to believe; amazing.
nsubj advmod xcomp mark expl cop advcl mark ccomp punct conj punct root Astonishing NOUN means VERB so ADV surprising ADJ that SCONJ it PRON is AUX hard ADJ to PART believe VERB ; PUNCT amazing ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Astonishing astonishing NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 so so ADV _ 4 surprising advmod 4 surprising surprising ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 5 that that SCONJ _ 8 hard mark 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 hard expl 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 hard cop 8 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 4 surprising advcl 9 to to PART _ 10 believe mark 10 believe believe VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 hard ccomp 11 ; ; PUNCT _ 12 amazing punct 12 amazing amazing ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Astonishing surprising property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is present Astonishing not said here hard property tree rules 3 believe to-infinitive Astonishing not said here vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
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 It is astonishing how fast a cheetah runs.
nsubj aux advmod advmod det nsubj advcl punct root It PRON is AUX astonishing VERB how ADV fast ADV a DET cheetah NOUN runs VERB . 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 3 astonishing nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 astonishing aux 3 astonishing astonish VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 how how ADV PronType=Int 5 fast advmod 5 fast fast ADV Degree=Pos 8 runs advmod 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 cheetah det 7 cheetah cheetah NOUN Number=Sing 8 runs nsubj 8 runs run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 astonishing advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 astonishing punct
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1 astonish present · progressive It vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus 2 run present a cheetah fast property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 Alice saw an astonishing sight: a cat with a grin and no body.
The tree, 13 words nsubj det amod obj punct det conj case det nmod cc det conj punct root Alice PROPN saw VERB an DET astonishing ADJ sight NOUN : PUNCT a DET cat NOUN with ADP a DET grin NOUN and CCONJ no DET body NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 2 saw nsubj 2 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 sight det 4 astonishing astonishing ADJ Degree=Pos 5 sight amod 5 sight sight NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw obj 6 : : PUNCT _ 8 cat punct 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 cat det 8 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw conj 9 with with ADP _ 11 grin case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 grin det 11 grin grin NOUN Number=Sing 8 cat nmod 12 and and CCONJ _ 14 body cc 13 no no DET PronType=Neg 14 body det 14 body body NOUN Number=Sing 11 grin conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 saw punct
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1 see past Alice a astonishing sight vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus
Example 3 The magician did an astonishing trick.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET magician NOUN did VERB an DET astonishing VERB trick NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 magician det 2 magician magician NOUN Number=Sing 3 did nsubj 3 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 trick det 5 astonishing astonish VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 trick amod 6 trick trick NOUN Number=Sing 3 did obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 did punct
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1 do past the magician a astonishing trick vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality 2 astonish gerund vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Example 4 An astonishing number of people came.
det amod nsubj case nmod punct root An DET astonishing VERB number NOUN of ADP people NOUN came VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 number det 2 astonishing astonish VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 number amod 3 number number NOUN Number=Sing 6 came nsubj 4 of of ADP _ 5 people case 5 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 number nmod 6 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 came punct
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1 astonish gerund vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 2 come past a astonishing number of people vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 The blue whale is astonishing in size.
det amod nsubj aux case obl punct root The DET blue ADJ whale NOUN is AUX astonishing VERB in ADP size NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 whale det 2 blue blue ADJ Degree=Pos 3 whale amod 3 whale whale NOUN Number=Sing 5 astonishing nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 astonishing aux 5 astonishing astonish VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 in in ADP _ 7 size case 7 size size NOUN Number=Sing 5 astonishing obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 astonishing punct
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1 astonish present · progressive the blue whale size vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Example 6 It's astonishing that you finished so quickly!
nsubj aux mark nsubj advcl advmod advmod punct root It PRON 's AUX astonishing VERB that SCONJ you PRON finished VERB so ADV quickly ADV ! 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 3 astonishing nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 astonishing aux 3 astonishing astonish VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 that that SCONJ _ 6 finished mark 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 finished nsubj 6 finished finish VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 astonishing advcl 7 so so ADV _ 8 quickly advmod 8 quickly quickly ADV _ 6 finished advmod 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 astonishing punct
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1 astonish present · progressive It vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus 2 finish past you quickly property vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Example 7 The Queen cried, ‘It is astonishing!’
det nsubj punct punct nsubj aux ccomp punct punct root The DET Queen PROPN cried VERB , PUNCT ‘ PUNCT It PRON is AUX astonishing VERB ! PUNCT ’ PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Queen det 2 Queen Queen PROPN Number=Sing 3 cried nsubj 3 cried cry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 astonishing punct 5 ‘ ' PUNCT _ 8 astonishing punct 6 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 astonishing nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 astonishing aux 8 astonishing astonish VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 cried ccomp 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 8 astonishing punct 10 ’ ' PUNCT _ 8 astonishing punct
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1 cry speech: express past the Queen vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 astonish present · progressive It vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
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