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impending

Who acts: dark sky, feeling, Everyone, impending visit, animals, News · What happens: happen, warn, impend, be, haunt, make · To what, where: doom, haunted house, teachers, inspector, impending earthquake, vain

«impending» 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: impending in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

About to happen soon, often something unpleasant or important.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	About	about	ADV	_	3 happen	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 happen	mark
3	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 happen	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 something	punct
6	often	often	ADV	_	7 something	advmod
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 happen	conj
8	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 something	amod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 important	cc
10	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 unpleasant	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	to-infinitive						about, soon property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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

The dark sky warned of an impending storm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sky	det
2	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sky	amod
3	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warned	nsubj
4	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 storm	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 storm	det
7	impending	impend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 storm	amod
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warned	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 warned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past	the dark sky					of a impending storm	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent of storm=Topic
2	impend	gerund							tree rules

Example 2

There was a feeling of impending doom in the haunted house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 feeling	det
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 impending	mark
6	impending	impend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 feeling	acl
7	doom	doom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impending	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 house	det
10	haunted	haunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 house	amod
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impending	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a feeling			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	impend	gerund	a feeling not said here	doom		the haunted house			tree rules
3	haunt	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 3

Everyone was nervous about the impending exams.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 nervous	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 nervous	cop
3	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 exams	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 exams	det
6	impending	impend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 exams	amod
7	exams	exam	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 nervous	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 nervous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Everyone					about the impending exams; nervous property	tree rules
2	impend	gerund							tree rules

Example 4

The impending visit of the inspector made the teachers busy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 visit	det
2	impending	impend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 visit	amod
3	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 inspector	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 inspector	det
6	inspector	inspector	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 visit	nmod
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 teachers	det
9	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 made	obj
10	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 made	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impend	gerund							tree rules
2	make	past	the impending visit of the inspector	the teachers				busy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset teacher=Product
3	visit			the inspector					nom visit «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 5

The animals sensed the impending earthquake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sensed	nsubj
3	sensed	sense	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 earthquake	det
5	impending	impend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 earthquake	amod
6	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sensed	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sensed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sense	past	the animals	the impending earthquake					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer earthquake=Stimulus
2	impend	gerund							tree rules

Example 6

News of the impending wedding spread fast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	News	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spread	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 wedding	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wedding	det
4	impending	impend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 wedding	amod
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 News	nmod
6	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 spread	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 spread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impend	gerund							tree rules
2	spread	participle	News of the impending wedding					fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

In vain does he attempt to save the twins from their impending fate, by concealing them in a secret abode constructed for that purpose underground.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 vain	case
2	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 attempt	obl
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 attempt	aux
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 attempt	nsubj
5	attempt	attempt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 save	mark
7	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 attempt	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 twins	det
9	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 save	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 fate	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 fate	nmod:poss
12	impending	impending	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 fate	amod
13	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 save	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 concealing	punct
15	by	by	SCONJ	_	16 concealing	mark
16	concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 attempt	advcl
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 concealing	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 abode	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 abode	det
20	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 abode	compound
21	abode	abode	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 concealing	obl
22	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 abode	acl
23	for	for	ADP	_	25 purpose	case
24	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 purpose	det
25	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 constructed	obl
26	underground	underground	ADV	_	22 constructed	advmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 attempt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attempt	present · do-support	he			vain			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	save not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the twins		twins's impending fate			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent twin=Theme from fate=Source
3	conceal	gerund	he not said here	twins = twin		a secret abode			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient in abode=Location
4	construct	participle		a secret abode not said here				for that purpose; underground property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for purpose=Beneficiary
5	fate		twins = twin						nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent

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