constancy

Who acts: your, constancy, dog, He, his · What happens: be, keep, not change, word, love, show · To what, where: friends, constancy, gate, word

«constancy» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: constancy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Being faithful and steady; keeping to your word or your love and not changing.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 faithful	cop
2	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 steady	cc
4	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 faithful	conj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 keeping	punct
6	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 faithful	advcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 word	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 word	nmod:poss
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeping	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 love	cc
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 love	nmod:poss
12	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 word	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 changing	cc
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 changing	advmod
15	changing	change	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 keeping	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 faithful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	gerund		faithful property	tree rules
2	be				tree rules
3	keep	gerund		to your word or your love	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	not change	gerund			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	word		your		nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent
6	love		your		nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=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

Her constancy kept her friends close for years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 constancy	nmod:poss
2	constancy	constancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friends	nmod:poss
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	obj
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kept	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 years	case
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 close	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	Her constancy	constancy's friends				close property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme

Example 2

The dog showed constancy by waiting at the gate every day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	nsubj
3	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	constancy	constancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	obj
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 waiting	mark
6	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 showed	advcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waiting	obl
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waiting	obl:unmarked
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the dog	constancy					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent constancy=Recipient
2	wait	gerund	the dog not said here			the gate	day		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location

Example 3

He promised constancy and kept his word.

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 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	constancy	constancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promised	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 kept	cc
5	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 promised	conj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 word	nmod:poss
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	He	constancy	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent constancy=Theme
2	keep	past	He not said here	his word	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
3	word		his = he		nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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