continuously Who acts: It, fridge, tap, heart, train, baby · What happens: mean, stop, rain, hum, drip, beat · To what, where: life, 80 km/h, 160 km · Speech: someone speaks here
«continuously» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: continuously in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Continuously means without stopping or without a break.
advmod mark ccomp cc case det conj punct root Continuously ADV means VERB without SCONJ stopping VERB or CCONJ without ADP a DET break NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Continuously continuously ADV _ 2 means advmod 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 without without SCONJ _ 4 stopping mark 4 stopping stop VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means ccomp 5 or or CCONJ _ 8 break cc 6 without without ADP _ 8 break case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 break det 8 break break NOUN Number=Sing 4 stopping conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present continuously property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 stop gerund vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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.
Meaning 2 Continuously means all the time, again and again, over a long period.
The tree, 12 words advmod det:predet det obj punct advmod cc conj punct case det amod parataxis punct root Continuously ADV means VERB all DET the DET time NOUN , PUNCT again ADV and CCONJ again ADV , PUNCT over ADP a DET long ADJ period NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Continuously continuously ADV _ 2 means advmod 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 all all DET PronType=Tot 5 time det:predet 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 time det 5 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 means obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 again punct 7 again again ADV _ 2 means advmod 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 again cc 9 again again ADV _ 7 again conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 period punct 11 over over ADP _ 14 period case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 period det 13 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 14 period amod 14 period period NOUN Number=Sing 2 means parataxis 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present again; time continuously property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Example 1 It rained continuously for three days.
nsubj advmod case nummod obl punct root It PRON rained VERB continuously ADV for ADP three NUM days NOUN . 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 2 rained nsubj 2 rained rain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 continuously continuously ADV _ 2 rained advmod 4 for for ADP _ 6 days case 5 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 days nummod 6 days day NOUN Number=Plur 2 rained obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 rained punct
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1 rain past It day continuously property vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
Example 2 The fridge hums continuously.
det nsubj advmod punct root The DET fridge NOUN hums VERB continuously ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 fridge det 2 fridge fridge NOUN Number=Sing 3 hums nsubj 3 hums hum VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 continuously continuously ADV _ 3 hums advmod 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 hums punct
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1 hum present the fridge continuously property vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location
Example 3 The tap dripped continuously all night.
det nsubj advmod det obl:unmarked punct root The DET tap NOUN dripped VERB continuously ADV all DET night NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 tap det 2 tap tap NOUN Number=Sing 3 dripped nsubj 3 dripped drip VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 continuously continuously ADV _ 3 dripped advmod 5 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 night det 6 night night NOUN Number=Sing 3 dripped obl:unmarked 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 dripped punct
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1 drip past the tap night continuously property vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
Example 4 The heart beats continuously throughout your life.
det nsubj advmod case nmod:poss obl punct root The DET heart NOUN beats VERB continuously ADV throughout ADP your PRON life NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 heart det 2 heart heart NOUN Number=Sing 3 beats nsubj 3 beats beat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 continuously continuously ADV _ 3 beats advmod 5 throughout throughout ADP _ 7 life case 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 life nmod:poss 7 life life NOUN Number=Sing 3 beats obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 beats punct
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1 beat present the heart your life continuously property vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme throughout life=Location
Example 5 A train travels continuously at 80 km/h for 2 hours, so it goes 160 km.
The tree, 15 words det nsubj advmod case nummod obl case nummod obl punct advmod nsubj parataxis nummod obj punct root A DET train NOUN travels VERB continuously ADV at ADP 80 NUM km/h NOUN for ADP 2 NUM hours NOUN , PUNCT so ADV it PRON goes VERB 160 NUM km NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 train det 2 train train NOUN Number=Sing 3 travels nsubj 3 travels travel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 continuously continuously ADV _ 3 travels advmod 5 at at ADP _ 7 km/h case 6 80 80 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 km/h nummod 7 km/h km/h NOUN Number=Sing 3 travels obl 8 for for ADP _ 10 hours case 9 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 hours nummod 10 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 3 travels obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 goes punct 12 so so ADV _ 14 goes advmod 13 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 goes nsubj 14 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 travels parataxis 15 160 160 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 16 km nummod 16 km km NOUN Number=Sing 14 goes obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 3 travels punct
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1 travel present a train 80 km/h hour continuously property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at km/h=Trajectory 2 go present train 160 km vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location km=Theme
Example 6 The baby cried continuously until she fell asleep.
det nsubj advmod mark nsubj advcl xcomp punct root The DET baby NOUN cried VERB continuously ADV until SCONJ she PRON fell VERB asleep ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 baby det 2 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 3 cried nsubj 3 cried cry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 continuously continuously ADV _ 3 cried advmod 5 until until SCONJ _ 7 fell mark 6 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 fell nsubj 7 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 cried advcl 8 asleep asleep ADJ Degree=Pos 7 fell xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 cried punct
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1 cry speech: express past the baby continuously property vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 fall past baby asleep property vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 7 The weather is continuously changing.
det nsubj aux advmod punct root The DET weather NOUN is AUX continuously ADV changing VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 weather det 2 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 5 changing nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 changing aux 4 continuously continuously ADV _ 5 changing advmod 5 changing change VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 changing punct
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1 change present · progressive the weather continuously property vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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