fluctuate Who acts: Prices, mood, river level, graph, sales, number · What happens: keep, change, go up, fluctuate, be, show · To what, where: amount, temperature · Speech: someone speaks here
«fluctuate» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: fluctuate in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
To keep changing, going up and down, especially in amount, level or price.
The tree, 13 words mark xcomp punct conj advmod cc conj punct advmod case obl punct nmod cc conj punct root To PART keep VERB changing VERB , PUNCT going VERB up ADV and CCONJ down ADV , PUNCT especially ADV in ADP amount NOUN , PUNCT level NOUN or CCONJ price NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 keep mark 2 keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 changing change VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 keep xcomp 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 going punct 5 going go VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 changing conj 6 up up ADV _ 5 going advmod 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 down cc 8 down down ADV _ 6 up conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 amount punct 10 especially especially ADV _ 12 amount advmod 11 in in ADP _ 12 amount case 12 amount amount NOUN Number=Sing 3 changing obl 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 level punct 14 level level NOUN Number=Sing 12 amount nmod 15 or or CCONJ _ 16 price cc 16 price price NOUN Number=Sing 12 amount conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 2 keep punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep to-infinitive tree rules 2 change gerund amount level or price vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 go up gerund vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
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 The temperature fluctuated all day.
det acl det obl:unmarked punct root The DET temperature NOUN fluctuated VERB all DET day NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 temperature det 2 temperature temperature NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 fluctuated fluctuate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 temperature acl 4 all all DET PronType=Tot 5 day det 5 day day NOUN Number=Sing 3 fluctuated obl:unmarked 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 temperature punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fluctuate participle the temperature not said here day vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Example 2 Prices fluctuate from week to week.
nsubj case obl case obl punct root Prices NOUN fluctuate VERB from ADP week NOUN to ADP week NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Prices price NOUN Number=Plur 2 fluctuate nsubj 2 fluctuate fluctuate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 from from ADP _ 4 week case 4 week week NOUN Number=Sing 2 fluctuate obl 5 to to ADP _ 6 week case 6 week week NOUN Number=Sing 2 fluctuate obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 fluctuate punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fluctuate present Prices week vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Example 3 Her mood fluctuates when she is tired.
nmod:poss nsubj mark nsubj cop advcl punct root Her PRON mood NOUN fluctuates VERB when SCONJ she PRON is AUX tired ADJ . PUNCT 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 mood nmod:poss 2 mood mood NOUN Number=Sing 3 fluctuates nsubj 3 fluctuates fluctuate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 when when SCONJ _ 7 tired mark 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 tired nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 tired cop 7 tired tired ADJ Degree=Pos 3 fluctuates advcl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 fluctuates punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fluctuate present Her mood vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 is present mood tired property tree rules
Example 4 The river level fluctuates with the tide.
det compound nsubj case det obl punct root The DET river NOUN level NOUN fluctuates VERB with ADP the DET tide NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 level det 2 river river NOUN Number=Sing 3 level compound 3 level level NOUN Number=Sing 4 fluctuates nsubj 4 fluctuates fluctuate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 with with ADP _ 7 tide case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 tide det 7 tide tide NOUN Number=Sing 4 fluctuates obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 fluctuates punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fluctuate present the river level with the tide vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Example 5 The graph shows how sales fluctuated.
det nsubj advmod nsubj ccomp punct root The DET graph NOUN shows VERB how ADV sales NOUN fluctuated VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 graph det 2 graph graph NOUN Number=Sing 3 shows nsubj 3 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 how how ADV PronType=Int 6 fluctuated advmod 5 sales sale NOUN Number=Plur 6 fluctuated nsubj 6 fluctuated fluctuate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 shows ccomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 shows punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present the graph vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 fluctuate participle sales vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Example 6 The number of visitors fluctuates in the holidays.
det nsubj case nmod case det obl punct root The DET number NOUN of ADP visitors NOUN fluctuates VERB in ADP the DET holidays NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 number det 2 number number NOUN Number=Sing 5 fluctuates nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 visitors case 4 visitors visitor NOUN Number=Plur 2 number nmod 5 fluctuates fluctuate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 in in ADP _ 8 holidays case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 holidays det 8 holidays holiday NOUN Number=Plur 5 fluctuates obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 fluctuates punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fluctuate present the number of visitors in the holidays vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in holiday=Attribute
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