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infrequent

Who acts: Buses, Total eclipses, cousin, Snow, red cars, infrequent mistakes · What happens: not happen, happen, be, fix, mistake · To what, where: one place, infrequent visitor, Sydney, tally chart

«infrequent» 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: infrequent in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not happening often; rare.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 happening	advmod
2	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	often	often	ADV	_	5 rare	advmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 rare	punct
5	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 happening	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 happening	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not happen	gerund						rare 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.

Meaning 2

Happening with long gaps in between: infrequent buses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 gaps	case
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gaps	amod
4	gaps	gap	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Happening	obl
5	in	in	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	9 buses	case
6	between	between	ADP	_	5 in	fixed
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 buses	punct
8	infrequent	infrequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 buses	amod
9	buses	bus	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gaps	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Happening	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	gerund						with long gaps in infrequent buses	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

Buses to our village are infrequent, only two a day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buses	bus	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 infrequent	nsubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 village	case
3	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 village	nmod:poss
4	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Buses	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 infrequent	cop
6	infrequent	infrequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 two	punct
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 two	advmod
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 infrequent	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 two	nmod:unmarked
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 infrequent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Buses to our village					two a day obl; infrequent property	tree rules

Example 2

Total eclipses are infrequent in any one place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 eclipses	amod
2	eclipses	eclipse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 infrequent	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 infrequent	cop
4	infrequent	infrequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 place	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 place	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 place	compound
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 infrequent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 infrequent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Total eclipses			any one place		infrequent property	tree rules

Example 3

Our cousin from Canada is an infrequent visitor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 visitor	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Canada	case
4	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cousin	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 visitor	cop
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 visitor	det
7	infrequent	infrequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 visitor	amod
8	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 visitor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Our cousin from Canada	a infrequent visitor					tree rules

Example 4

Snow is infrequent in Sydney.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 infrequent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 infrequent	cop
3	infrequent	infrequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Sydney	case
5	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 infrequent	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 infrequent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Snow			Sydney		infrequent property	tree rules

Example 5

In the tally chart, red cars were infrequent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 chart	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chart	det
3	tally	tally	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chart	compound
4	chart	chart	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 infrequent	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 chart	punct
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cars	amod
7	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 infrequent	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 infrequent	cop
9	infrequent	infrequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 infrequent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	red cars			the tally chart		infrequent property	tree rules

Example 6

His infrequent mistakes were easy to fix.

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 mistakes	nmod:poss
2	infrequent	infrequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mistakes	amod
3	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 easy	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 easy	cop
5	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fix	mark
7	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 easy	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 easy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His infrequent mistakes					easy property	tree rules
2	fix	to-infinitive	His infrequent mistakes not said here						vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	mistake		His = he						nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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