countless Who acts: Countless, countless stars, I, Countless people, beach, She · What happens: mean, not count, be, tell, tidy, come · To what, where: many, they, night sky, you, room, parade · Speech: someone speaks here
«countless» 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: countless in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Countless means so many that they cannot be counted, or very, very many.
The tree, 14 words nsubj advmod obj mark nsubj aux advmod aux:pass advcl punct cc advmod punct advmod conj punct root Countless ADJ means VERB so ADV many ADJ that SCONJ they PRON can AUX not PART be AUX counted VERB , PUNCT or CCONJ very ADV , PUNCT very ADV many ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Countless countless ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 so so ADV _ 4 many advmod 4 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means obj 5 that that SCONJ _ 10 counted mark 6 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 counted nsubj 7 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 counted aux 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 10 counted advmod 9 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 10 counted aux:pass 10 counted count VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 many advcl 11 , , PUNCT _ 16 many punct 12 or or CCONJ _ 16 many cc 13 very very ADV _ 16 many advmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 13 very punct 15 very very ADV _ 16 many advmod 16 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 10 counted conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Countless many vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Topic 2 not count can · passive they vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=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.
Example 1 There are countless stars in the night sky.
expl amod nsubj case det compound obl punct root There PRON are VERB countless ADJ stars NOUN in ADP the DET night NOUN sky NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 are expl 2 are be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 countless countless ADJ Degree=Pos 4 stars amod 4 stars star NOUN Number=Plur 2 are nsubj 5 in in ADP _ 8 sky case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 sky det 7 night night NOUN Number=Sing 8 sky compound 8 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 2 are obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 are punct
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1 does present countless stars the night sky; there vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Location
Example 2 I have told you countless times to tidy your room.
nsubj aux iobj amod obl:unmarked mark xcomp nmod:poss obj punct root I PRON have AUX told VERB you PRON countless ADJ times NOUN to PART tidy VERB your PRON room NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 told nsubj 2 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 told aux 3 told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 4 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 told iobj 5 countless countless ADJ Degree=Pos 6 times amod 6 times time NOUN Number=Plur 3 told obl:unmarked 7 to to PART _ 8 tidy mark 8 tidy tidy VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 told xcomp 9 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 room nmod:poss 10 room room NOUN Number=Sing 8 tidy obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 told punct
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1 tell speech: assert present · perfect I you time vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic 2 tidy not said to happen to-infinitive I not said here your room tree rules
Example 3 Countless people came to see the parade.
amod nsubj mark advcl det obj punct root Countless ADJ people NOUN came VERB to PART see VERB the DET parade NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Countless countless ADJ Degree=Pos 2 people amod 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 see mark 5 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 came advcl 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 parade det 7 parade parade NOUN Number=Sing 5 see obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 came punct
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1 come past Countless people vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 see to-infinitive Countless people not said here the parade vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parade=Stimulus
Example 4 The beach has countless grains of sand.
det nsubj amod obj case nmod punct root The DET beach NOUN has VERB countless ADJ grains NOUN of ADP sand NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 beach det 2 beach beach NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 countless countless ADJ Degree=Pos 5 grains amod 5 grains grain NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 sand case 7 sand sand NOUN Number=Sing 5 grains nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the beach countless grains of sand vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient
Example 5 She read countless books in the holidays.
nsubj amod obj case det obl punct root She PRON read VERB countless ADJ books NOUN in ADP the DET holidays NOUN . PUNCT 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 read nsubj 2 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 countless countless ADJ Degree=Pos 4 books amod 4 books book NOUN Number=Plur 2 read obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 holidays case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 holidays det 7 holidays holiday NOUN Number=Plur 2 read obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 read punct
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1 read past She countless books the holidays vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic
Example 6 Countless birds fly south for the winter.
amod nsubj advmod case det obl punct root Countless ADJ birds NOUN fly VERB south ADV for ADP the DET winter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Countless countless ADJ Degree=Pos 2 birds amod 2 birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 3 fly nsubj 3 fly fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 south south ADV _ 3 fly advmod 5 for for ADP _ 7 winter case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 winter det 7 winter winter NOUN Number=Sing 3 fly obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 fly punct
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1 fly present Countless birds winter south property vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 7 Round her came swarming countless devils, the izba was full of them!
mark nmod:poss advcl xcomp amod obj punct det nsubj cop case obl punct root Round ADP her PRON came VERB swarming VERB countless ADJ devils NOUN , PUNCT the DET izba NOUN was AUX full ADJ of ADP them PRON ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Round round ADP _ 3 came mark 2 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 came nmod:poss 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 full advcl 4 swarming swarm VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 came xcomp 5 countless countless ADJ Degree=Pos 6 devils amod 6 devils devil NOUN Number=Plur 4 swarming obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 3 came punct 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 izba det 9 izba izba NOUN Number=Sing 11 full nsubj 10 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 full cop 11 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 12 of of ADP _ 13 them case 13 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 full obl 14 ! ! PUNCT _ 11 full punct
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1 come past the izba not said here tree rules 2 swarm gerund the izba not said here countless devils vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location devil=Theme 3 is past the izba of devils = devil ; full property tree rules
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