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cease

Who acts: factory, armies, You, noise, teacher, Iktomi · What happens: stop, happen, do, cease, make, agree · To what, where: something, rain, toys, me, Dinosaurs, drum

«cease» 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: cease in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To stop happening, or to stop doing something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stop	mark
2	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stop	advcl
3	happening	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stop	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 stop	cc
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 stop	xcomp
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 doing	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	happen	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stop	to-infinitive							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	do	gerund		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

The rain finally ceased in the afternoon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rain	det
2	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ceased	nsubj:pass
3	finally	finally	ADV	_	4 ceased	advmod
4	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 afternoon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 afternoon	det
7	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ceased	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ceased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	participle · passive		the rain			afternoon	finally property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Example 2

The factory ceased making toys.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 factory	det
2	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceased	nsubj
3	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 ceased	xcomp
5	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 making	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ceased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	past	the factory						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	make	gerund	the factory not said here	toys					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset toy=Product

Example 3

Both armies agreed to a ceasefire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 armies	det
2	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 agreed	nsubj
3	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 ceasefire	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ceasefire	det
6	ceasefire	ceasefire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 agreed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 agreed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	both armies					to a ceasefire	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

You never cease to amaze me!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 cease	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 cease	advmod
3	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 amaze	mark
5	amaze	amaze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cease	xcomp
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 amaze	obj
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 cease	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cease	present	You						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	amaze	to-infinitive	You not said here	me					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer

Example 5

The noise ceased when the teacher walked in.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 noise	det
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceased	nsubj
3	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 walked	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walked	nsubj
7	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ceased	advcl
8	in	in	ADV	_	7 walked	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ceased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	past	the noise						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	walk in	past	the teacher						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

Dinosaurs ceased to exist long ago.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Dinosaurs	acl
3	to	to	PART	_	4 exist	mark
4	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ceased	xcomp
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 ago	advmod
6	ago	ago	ADV	_	4 exist	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Dinosaurs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	participle		Dinosaurs not said here					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	exist	to-infinitive						ago property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

Iktomi ceased to beat his drum.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ceased	nsubj
2	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 beat	mark
4	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ceased	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 drum	nmod:poss
6	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beat	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ceased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	past	Iktomi						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	beat	to-infinitive	Iktomi not said here	Iktomi's drum					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drum=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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