blink Who acts: light, People, it, Two lights, She, cursor · What happens: blink, be, open, mean, go, keep · To what, where: eyes, eye, bright sunlight, screen, blink, her · Speech: someone speaks here
«blink» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: blink in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To blink is to shut and open your eyes very quickly.
mark cop mark conj cc conj nmod:poss obj advmod advmod punct root To PART blink VERB is AUX to PART shut VERB and CCONJ open VERB your PRON eyes NOUN very ADV quickly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 blink mark 2 blink blink VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 shut cop 4 to to PART _ 5 shut mark 5 shut shut VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 blink conj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 open cc 7 open open VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 blink conj 8 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 eyes nmod:poss 9 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 7 open obj 10 very very ADV _ 11 quickly advmod 11 quickly quickly ADV _ 7 open advmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 blink punct
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1 blink to-infinitive vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present shut property tree rules 3 open infinitive your eyes quickly property vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=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.
Meaning 2 A light can blink, which means go on and off quickly.
det nsubj aux punct nsubj parataxis ccomp advmod cc conj advmod punct root A DET light NOUN can AUX blink VERB , PUNCT which PRON means VERB go VERB on ADV and CCONJ off ADV quickly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 light det 2 light light NOUN Number=Sing 4 blink nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 blink aux 4 blink blink VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 means punct 6 which which PRON PronType=Rel 7 means nsubj 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 blink parataxis 8 go go VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 7 means ccomp 9 on on ADV _ 8 go advmod 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 off cc 11 off off ADV _ 9 on conj 12 quickly quickly ADV _ 8 go advmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 blink punct
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1 blink can a light vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 go infinitive quickly property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Meaning 3 In the blink of an eye means very, very quickly.
case det obl case det nmod advmod punct advmod advmod punct root In ADP the DET blink NOUN of ADP an DET eye NOUN means VERB very ADV , PUNCT very ADV quickly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 blink case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 blink det 3 blink blink NOUN Number=Sing 7 means obl 4 of of ADP _ 6 eye case 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 eye det 6 eye eye NOUN Number=Sing 3 blink nmod 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 very very ADV _ 7 means advmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 quickly punct 10 very very ADV _ 11 quickly advmod 11 quickly quickly ADV _ 7 means advmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct
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1 mean present in the blink of a eye; quickly property vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in blink=Attribute 2 blink a eye nom blink «act transitive»: of=patient
Example 1 People blink about 15 times a minute.
nsubj advmod nummod obl:unmarked det nmod:unmarked punct root People NOUN blink VERB about ADV 15 NUM times NOUN a DET minute NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 People people NOUN Number=Plur 2 blink nsubj 2 blink blink VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 about about ADV _ 4 15 advmod 4 15 15 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 times nummod 5 times time NOUN Number=Plur 2 blink obl:unmarked 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 minute det 7 minute minute NOUN Number=Sing 5 times nmod:unmarked 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 blink punct
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1 blink present People time vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 The light blinks every 4 seconds.
det nsubj det nummod obj punct root The DET light NOUN blinks VERB every DET 4 NUM seconds NOUN . 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 blinks nsubj 3 blinks blink VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 seconds det 5 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 seconds nummod 6 seconds second NOUN Number=Plur 3 blinks obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 blinks punct
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1 blink present the light second vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 How many times does it blink in 1 minute?
advmod amod obl:unmarked aux nsubj case nummod obl punct root How ADV many ADJ times NOUN does AUX it PRON blink VERB in ADP 1 NUM minute NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 many advmod 2 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 3 times amod 3 times time NOUN Number=Plur 6 blink obl:unmarked 4 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 blink aux 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 blink nsubj 6 blink blink VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 in in ADP _ 9 minute case 8 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 minute nummod 9 minute minute NOUN Number=Sing 6 blink obl 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 blink punct
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1 blink present · do-support it minute; time vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 Two lights blink at once.
nummod nsubj case obl punct root Two NUM lights NOUN blink VERB at ADP once ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 lights nummod 2 lights light NOUN Number=Plur 3 blink nsubj 3 blink blink VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 at at ADP _ 5 once case 5 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 3 blink obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 blink punct
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1 blink present Two lights vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location
Example 5 She blinked in the bright sunlight.
nsubj case det amod obl punct root She PRON blinked VERB in ADP the DET bright ADJ sunlight 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 2 blinked nsubj 2 blinked blink VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 6 sunlight case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 sunlight det 5 bright bright ADJ Degree=Pos 6 sunlight amod 6 sunlight sunlight NOUN Number=Sing 2 blinked obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 blinked punct
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1 blink past She the bright sunlight vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sunlight=Location
Example 6 Blinking keeps your eyes wet and clean.
nsubj nmod:poss obj xcomp cc conj punct root Blinking VERB keeps VERB your PRON eyes NOUN wet ADJ and CCONJ clean ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Blinking blink VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 keeps nsubj 2 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 eyes nmod:poss 4 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 2 keeps obj 5 wet wet ADJ Degree=Pos 2 keeps xcomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 clean cc 7 clean clean ADJ Degree=Pos 5 wet conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 keeps punct
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1 blink gerund vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 keep present your eyes wet property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
Example 7 The cursor blinks on the screen.
det nsubj case det obl punct root The DET cursor NOUN blinks VERB on ADP the DET screen NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cursor det 2 cursor cursor NOUN Number=Sing 3 blinks nsubj 3 blinks blink VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 on on ADP _ 6 screen case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 screen det 6 screen screen NOUN Number=Sing 3 blinks obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 blinks punct
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1 blink present the cursor the screen vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on screen=Location
Example 8 The magic trick was over in the blink of an eye.
det amod nsubj cop advmod case det case det nmod punct root The DET magic ADJ trick NOUN was AUX over ADV in ADP the DET blink NOUN of ADP an DET eye NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 trick det 2 magic magic ADJ Degree=Pos 3 trick amod 3 trick trick NOUN Number=Sing 8 blink nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 blink cop 5 over over ADV _ 8 blink advmod 6 in in ADP _ 8 blink case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 blink det 8 blink blink NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 of of ADP _ 11 eye case 10 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 eye det 11 eye eye NOUN Number=Sing 8 blink nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 blink punct
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1 is past the magic trick the blink of a eye; over property tree rules
Example 9 He answered without blinking.
nsubj mark advcl punct root He PRON answered VERB without SCONJ blinking VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 answered nsubj 2 answered answer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 without without SCONJ _ 4 blinking mark 4 blinking blink VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 answered advcl 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 answered punct
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1 answer speech: assert past He vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 blink gerund He not said here vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 10 The stars saw her, and blinked at her.
det nsubj obj punct cc conj case obl punct root The DET stars NOUN saw VERB her PRON , PUNCT and CCONJ blinked VERB at ADP her PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 stars det 2 stars star NOUN Number=Plur 3 saw nsubj 3 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 saw obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 blinked punct 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 blinked cc 7 blinked blink VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 saw conj 8 at at ADP _ 9 her case 9 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 blinked obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 saw punct
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1 see past the stars her = she vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus 2 blink past the stars not said here at her = she vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at she=Location
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