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imperceptibly

Who acts: you, hour hand, Day, She, glacier, little sister · What happens: not notice, happen, see, hear, feel, move · To what, where: it, clock, little · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

So slowly or slightly that you cannot notice it happening.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	2 slowly	advmod
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 slightly	cc
4	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	2 slowly	conj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 notice	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 notice	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 notice	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 notice	advmod
9	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 slowly	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 notice	obj
11	happening	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 notice	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slowly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not notice	can	you	it					tree rules
2	happen	gerund							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.

Meaning 2

In a way too small to see, hear or feel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 small	obl
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 small	advmod
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 small	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hear	punct
9	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 see	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 feel	cc
11	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 see	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 small	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	to-infinitive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	hear	infinitive							vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	feel	infinitive							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 1

The hour hand moves imperceptibly round the clock.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hand	det
2	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hand	compound
3	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moves	nsubj
4	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	imperceptibly	imperceptibly	ADV	_	4 moves	advmod
6	round	round	ADP	_	8 clock	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 clock	det
8	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moves	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 moves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	the hour hand			the clock		imperceptibly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme round clock=Trajectory

Example 2

Day turned imperceptibly into night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	imperceptibly	imperceptibly	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	Day				night	imperceptibly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

She nodded imperceptibly to show she agreed.

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 nodded	nsubj
2	nodded	nod	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	imperceptibly	imperceptibly	ADV	_	2 nodded	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 show	mark
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 nodded	advcl
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 agreed	nsubj
7	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 show	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nodded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nod	past	She					imperceptibly property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	show	to-infinitive	She not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	agree speech: agree	past	she						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

The glacier moves imperceptibly, only a little each day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 glacier	det
2	glacier	glacier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moves	nsubj
3	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	imperceptibly	imperceptibly	ADV	_	3 moves	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 little	punct
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 little	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 little	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 moves	obl:unmarked
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 little	obl:unmarked
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 moves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	the glacier	a little				imperceptibly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

My little sister is growing imperceptibly taller.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sister	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sister	amod
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 growing	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 growing	aux
5	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	imperceptibly	imperceptibly	ADV	_	7 taller	advmod
7	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 growing	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 growing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · progressive	My little sister					tall property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

The temperature dropped imperceptibly through the evening.

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	3 dropped	nsubj
3	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	imperceptibly	imperceptibly	ADV	_	3 dropped	advmod
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 evening	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 evening	det
7	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	the temperature				evening	imperceptibly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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