convulsively

Who acts: you, She, He, fish · What happens: not control, shudder, clutch, pant · To what, where: sudden jerky way, rope, sand

«convulsively» 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: convulsively in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a sudden, jerky way that you cannot control, with a shake or a grip.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	6 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
3	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sudden	punct
5	jerky	jerky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 control	obj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 control	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 control	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 control	advmod
11	control	control	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	acl:relcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shake	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 shake	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 shake	det
15	shake	shake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 control	obj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 grip	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 grip	det
18	grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shake	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not control	can	you	a sudden jerky way					tree rules

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

She shuddered convulsively.

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 shuddered	nsubj
2	shuddered	shudder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	convulsively	convulsively	ADV	_	2 shuddered	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shuddered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shudder	past	She					convulsively property	vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 2

He clutched the rope convulsively.

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 clutched	nsubj
2	clutched	clutch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rope	det
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clutched	obj
5	convulsively	convulsively	ADV	_	2 clutched	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 clutched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clutch	past	He	the rope				convulsively property	vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme

Example 3

The fish panted convulsively on the sand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 panted	nsubj
3	panted	pant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	convulsively	convulsively	ADV	_	3 panted	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 sand	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sand	det
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 panted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 panted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pant	past	the fish			the sand		convulsively property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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