insistence Who acts: something, we, Dad, insistence, Her, he · What happens: demand, not give up, say, be, wear, insist · To what, where: something, helmets, insistence, good captain, her, fairness · Speech: someone speaks here
«insistence» 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: insistence in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Demanding something firmly and not giving up.
obj advmod cc advmod conj compound:prt punct root Demanding VERB something PRON firmly ADV and CCONJ not PART giving VERB up ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Demanding demand VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 1 Demanding obj 3 firmly firmly ADV _ 1 Demanding advmod 4 and and CCONJ _ 6 giving cc 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 giving advmod 6 giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Demanding conj 7 up up ADP _ 6 giving compound:prt 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Demanding punct
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1 demand speech: request gerund something firmly property vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme something=Precondition 2 not give up gerund vn resign-10.11-2 «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 Saying firmly again and again that something is true.
csubj advmod advmod cc conj mark nsubj cop punct root Saying VERB firmly ADV again ADV and CCONJ again ADV that SCONJ something PRON is AUX true ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 true csubj 2 firmly firmly ADV _ 1 Saying advmod 3 again again ADV _ 1 Saying advmod 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 again cc 5 again again ADV _ 3 again conj 6 that that SCONJ _ 9 true mark 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 9 true nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 true cop 9 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 true punct
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1 say speech: assert gerund again firmly property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is present something true property tree rules
Example 1 At Dad's insistence, we all wore helmets.
case nmod:poss case obl punct nsubj det obj punct root At ADP Dad PROPN 's PART insistence NOUN , PUNCT we PRON all DET wore VERB helmets NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 At at ADP _ 4 insistence case 2 Dad Dad PROPN Number=Sing 4 insistence nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 Dad case 4 insistence insistence NOUN Number=Sing 8 wore obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 insistence punct 6 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 wore nsubj 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 we det 8 wore wear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 helmets helmet NOUN Number=Plur 8 wore obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 8 wore punct
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1 wear past we helmets Dad's insistence vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme 2 insist Dad nom insistence «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 Her insistence on fairness made her a good captain.
nmod:poss nsubj case nmod obj det amod obj punct root Her PRON insistence NOUN on ADP fairness NOUN made VERB her PRON a DET good ADJ captain NOUN . PUNCT 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 insistence nmod:poss 2 insistence insistence NOUN Number=Sing 5 made nsubj 3 on on ADP _ 4 fairness case 4 fairness fairness NOUN Number=Sing 2 insistence nmod 5 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 made obj 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 captain det 8 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 9 captain amod 9 captain captain NOUN Number=Sing 5 made obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 made punct
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1 make past Her insistence on fairness a good captain her = she vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary captain=Product 2 insist Her = she fairness nom insistence «communication intransitive»: poss=agent on=place
Example 3 Despite his insistence that he was innocent, he was blamed.
case nmod:poss obl mark nsubj cop acl punct nsubj:pass aux:pass punct root Despite ADP his PRON insistence NOUN that SCONJ he PRON was AUX innocent ADJ , PUNCT he PRON was AUX blamed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Despite despite ADP _ 3 insistence case 2 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 insistence nmod:poss 3 insistence insistence NOUN Number=Sing 11 blamed obl 4 that that SCONJ _ 7 innocent mark 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 innocent nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 innocent cop 7 innocent innocent ADJ Degree=Pos 3 insistence acl 8 , , PUNCT _ 3 insistence punct 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 blamed nsubj:pass 10 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 blamed aux:pass 11 blamed blame VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 12 . . PUNCT _ 11 blamed punct
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1 is past he his insistence not said here innocent property tree rules 2 blame past · passive he despite his insistence vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme 3 insist his = he nom insistence «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 The teacher's insistence on neat work helped us improve.
det nmod:poss case nsubj case amod nmod obj xcomp punct root The DET teacher NOUN 's PART insistence NOUN on ADP neat ADJ work NOUN helped VERB us PRON improve VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 teacher det 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 4 insistence nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 teacher case 4 insistence insistence NOUN Number=Sing 8 helped nsubj 5 on on ADP _ 7 work case 6 neat neat ADJ Degree=Pos 7 work amod 7 work work NOUN Number=Sing 4 insistence nmod 8 helped help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 helped obj 10 improve improve VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 helped xcomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 8 helped punct
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1 help past the teacher's insistence on neat work us vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary clause=Theme 2 improve infinitive us not said here vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 3 insist the teacher neat work nom insistence «communication intransitive»: poss=agent on=place
Example 5 At my insistence, we stopped for ice cream.
case nmod:poss obl punct nsubj case compound obl punct root At ADP my PRON insistence NOUN , PUNCT we PRON stopped VERB for ADP ice NOUN cream NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 At at ADP _ 3 insistence case 2 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 insistence nmod:poss 3 insistence insistence NOUN Number=Sing 6 stopped obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 insistence punct 5 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 stopped nsubj 6 stopped stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 for for ADP _ 9 cream case 8 ice ice NOUN Number=Sing 9 cream compound 9 cream cream NOUN Number=Sing 6 stopped obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 stopped punct
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1 stop past we my insistence for ice cream vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at insistence=Location 2 insist my nom insistence «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 6 The family went to church every Sunday at Grandma's insistence.
det nsubj case obl det obl:unmarked case nmod:poss case obl punct root The DET family NOUN went VERB to ADP church NOUN every DET Sunday PROPN at ADP Grandma PROPN 's PART insistence NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 family det 2 family family NOUN Number=Sing 3 went nsubj 3 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 5 church case 5 church church NOUN Number=Sing 3 went obl 6 every every DET PronType=Tot 7 Sunday det 7 Sunday Sunday PROPN Number=Sing 3 went obl:unmarked 8 at at ADP _ 11 insistence case 9 Grandma Grandma PROPN Number=Sing 11 insistence nmod:poss 10 's 's PART _ 9 Grandma case 11 insistence insistence NOUN Number=Sing 3 went obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 went punct
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1 go past the family Grandma's insistence sunday to church vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial_Location 2 insist Grandma nom insistence «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
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