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incessantly

Who acts: dog, It, baby, little brother, phone, He · What happens: stop, bark, rain, cry, talk, ring · To what, where: annoying way, word, them · Speech: someone speaks here

«incessantly» 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: incessantly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Without stopping, all the time, often in an annoying way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	SCONJ	_	2 stopping	mark
2	stopping	stop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 stopping	punct
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 time	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stopping	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 way	punct
8	often	often	ADV	_	12 way	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 way	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 way	det
11	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stopping	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stopping	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	gerund				a annoying way	time		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Location

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.

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

The dog barked incessantly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 barked	nsubj
3	barked	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	incessantly	incessantly	ADV	_	3 barked	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 barked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	past	the dog					incessantly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

It rained incessantly for three days.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rained	nsubj
2	rained	rain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	incessantly	incessantly	ADV	_	2 rained	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 days	case
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 days	nummod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rained	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rain	past	It				day	incessantly property	vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Example 2

The baby cried incessantly all night.

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	3 cried	nsubj
3	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	incessantly	incessantly	ADV	_	3 cried	advmod
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cried	obl:unmarked
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	the baby				night	incessantly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

My little brother talks incessantly.

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 brother	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talks	nsubj
4	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	incessantly	incessantly	ADV	_	4 talks	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 talks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present	My little brother					incessantly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

The phone rang incessantly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 phone	det
2	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rang	nsubj
3	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	incessantly	incessantly	ADV	_	3 rang	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	the phone					incessantly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

He complained incessantly about the food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 complained	nsubj
2	complained	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	incessantly	incessantly	ADV	_	2 complained	advmod
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 food	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 food	det
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 complained	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 complained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complain speech: other	past	He					about the food; incessantly property	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about food=Topic

Example 6

The tap dripped incessantly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tap	det
2	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dripped	nsubj
3	dripped	drip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	incessantly	incessantly	ADV	_	3 dripped	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dripped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drip	past	the tap					incessantly property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Example 7

Though they chattered incessantly I could not understand a word they said, nor did they heed when I spoke to them.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Though	though	SCONJ	_	3 chattered	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chattered	nsubj
3	chattered	chatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 understand	advcl
4	incessantly	incessantly	ADV	_	3 chattered	advmod
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 understand	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 understand	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 understand	advmod
8	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 word	det
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 understand	obj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 said	nsubj
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 word	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 heed	punct
14	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	17 heed	cc
15	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 heed	aux
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 heed	nsubj
17	heed	heed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 said	ccomp
18	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 spoke	advmod
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 spoke	nsubj
20	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 heed	advcl
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 them	case
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 spoke	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 understand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chatter	past	they					incessantly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not understand	could	I	a word					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	past	they	a word not said here					tree rules
4	heed	past · do-support	they						vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	speak speech: other	past	I		them = they				vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-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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