convulsion

Who acts: convulsion, you, Convulsions, fits, doctor, boy · What happens: be, not control, mean, laugh, not stop, convulse · To what, where: sudden violent shaking, fits, laughter, snake, violent convulsions, convulsions · Speech: someone speaks here

«convulsion» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: convulsion in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A convulsion is a sudden, violent shaking of the body that you cannot control.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 convulsion	det
2	convulsion	convulsion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shaking	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shaking	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shaking	det
5	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shaking	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sudden	punct
7	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shaking	amod
8	shaking	shaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 body	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 body	det
11	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shaking	nmod
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 control	obj
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 control	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 control	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 control	advmod
16	control	control	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 shaking	acl:relcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 shaking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a convulsion	a sudden violent shaking				of the body	tree rules
2	not control	can	you	a sudden violent shaking					vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

«Convulsions of laughter» means fits of laughing that you cannot stop.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Convulsions	punct
2	Convulsions	convulsion	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 means	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 laughter	case
4	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Convulsions	nmod
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Convulsions	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	fits	fit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 means	obj
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 laughing	mark
9	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 fits	acl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 stop	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 stop	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 stop	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 stop	advmod
14	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 laughing	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	Convulsions of laughter	fits	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fit=Topic
2	laugh	gerund	fits not said here		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not stop	can	you		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	convulse in a quote			laughter	nom convulsion «state transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

The snake trembled in violent convulsions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	trembled	tremble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 snake	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 convulsions	case
5	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 convulsions	amod
6	convulsions	convulsion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trembled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 snake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tremble	participle		the snake not said here		violent convulsions			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in convulsion=Location

Example 2

The doctor said the boy had convulsions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
7	convulsions	convulsion	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 had	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the doctor						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	the boy	convulsions					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent convulsion=Patient

Example 3

The clown threw the whole hall into convulsions of laughter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clown	det
2	clown	clown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	nsubj
3	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hall	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hall	amod
6	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 convulsions	case
8	convulsions	convulsion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 threw	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 laughter	case
10	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 convulsions	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 threw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	the clown	the whole hall				into convulsions of laughter result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer hall=Theme into convulsion=Result
2	convulse			laughter					nom convulsion «state transitive»: of=patient

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