importunity

Who acts: Importunity, habit, they, I, father · What happens: be, ask, pester, give in, not bear, get · To what, where: habit, someone, one such pestering request, importunity, peace, old man

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

Meaning 1

Importunity is the habit of asking again and again, pestering someone until they give in.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Importunity	importunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 habit	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 habit	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 habit	det
4	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 asking	mark
6	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 habit	acl
7	again	again	ADV	_	6 asking	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 again	cc
9	again	again	ADV	_	7 again	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pestering	punct
11	pestering	pester	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 asking	conj
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 pestering	obj
13	until	until	SCONJ	_	15 give	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 give	nsubj
15	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pestering	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	15 give	compound:prt
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 habit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	is a	present	Importunity	the habit		tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	the habit not said here		again	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pester	gerund	the habit not said here	someone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer
4	give in	present	they			vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

An importunity is one such pestering request.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 importunity	det
2	importunity	importunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 request	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 request	cop
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 request	nummod
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 request	amod
6	pestering	pester	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 request	amod
7	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 request	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pester	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	a importunity	one such pestering request					tree rules

Example 1

I could not bear the importunity of these flies.

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	4 bear	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 bear	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 bear	advmod
4	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 importunity	det
6	importunity	importunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bear	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 flies	case
8	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	9 flies	det
9	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 importunity	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bear	could	I	the importunity of this flies					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent importunity=Patient

Example 2

The father gave in to their importunities to get some peace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 father	det
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	3 gave	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 importunities	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 importunities	nmod:poss
7	importunities	importunity	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 get	mark
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gave	advcl
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 peace	det
11	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 get	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give in	past	the father					to their importunities	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to importunity=Theme
2	get	to-infinitive	the father not said here	some peace					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer peace=Stimulus

Example 3

Her importunity wore down the old man at last.

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 importunity	nmod:poss
2	importunity	importunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	nsubj
3	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 wore	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 last	case
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wore	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear down	past	Her importunity	the old man		last			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent man=Source

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