incessant
Who acts: Incessant, incessant rain, incessant questions, teacher, His · What happens: mean, not stop, go on, flood, keep, make · To what, where: road, incessant, teacher · Speech: someone speaks here
«incessant» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: incessant in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Incessant means never stopping, going on and on without a break.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Incessant | Incessant | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 stopping | advmod |
| 4 | stopping | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 going | punct |
| 6 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 stopping | conj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 going | compound:prt |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 on | cc |
| 9 | on | on | ADV | _ | 7 on | conj |
| 10 | without | without | ADP | _ | 12 break | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 break | det |
| 12 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 going | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Incessant | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not stop | gerund | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | go on | gerund | without a break | vn function-105.2.1 «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 incessant rain flooded the road.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 rain | det |
| 2 | incessant | incessant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rain | compound |
| 3 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flooded | nsubj |
| 4 | flooded | flood | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 road | det |
| 6 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flooded | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 flooded | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flood | past | the incessant rain | the road | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent road=Patient |
Example 2
The baby's incessant crying kept us awake.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 incessant | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 baby | case |
| 4 | incessant | incessant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 kept | aux:pass |
| 6 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 kept | obj |
| 8 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 kept | xcomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 kept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | gerund · passive | the baby's incessant | awake property | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme we=Attribute |
Example 3
His incessant questions made the teacher smile.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 questions | nmod:poss |
| 2 | incessant | incessant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 questions | amod |
| 3 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 teacher | det |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obj |
| 7 | smile | smile | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 made | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | His incessant questions | the teacher | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | smile | infinitive | the teacher not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | question | His = he | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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