instantaneous

Who acts: reaction, mixture, Text messages, speedometer, you, light · What happens: happen, be, fizz, arrive, show, flick · To what, where: instantaneous speed, switch, boiling water · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Happening immediately, with no delay at all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	1 Happening	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 delay	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 delay	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 delay	det
6	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Happening	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 delay	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Happening	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	gerund						with no delay at all; immediately 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

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

At one exact instant of time: instantaneous speed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 instant	case
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 instant	nummod
3	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 instant	amod
4	instant	instant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 time	case
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 instant	nmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 speed	punct
8	instantaneous	instantaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 speed	amod
9	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 instant	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 instant	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The reaction was instantaneous: the mixture fizzed straight away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reaction	det
2	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 instantaneous	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 instantaneous	cop
4	instantaneous	instantaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 fizzed	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mixture	det
7	mixture	mixture	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fizzed	nsubj
8	fizzed	fizz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 instantaneous	conj
9	straight	straight	ADV	_	10 away	advmod
10	away	away	ADV	_	8 fizzed	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 instantaneous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the reaction					instantaneous property	tree rules
2	fizz	past	the mixture					away property	vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Text messages arrive almost instantaneously.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 messages	compound
2	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 arrive	nsubj
3	arrive	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	almost	almost	ADV	_	5 instantaneously	advmod
5	instantaneously	instantaneously	ADV	_	3 arrive	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 arrive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	present	Text messages					instantaneously property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The speedometer shows your instantaneous speed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speedometer	det
2	speedometer	speedometer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 speed	nmod:poss
5	instantaneous	instantaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 speed	amod
6	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	the speedometer	your instantaneous speed					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent speed=Recipient

Example 4

When you flick the switch, the light seems instantaneous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 flick	advmod
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 flick	nsubj
3	flick	flick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 seems	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 switch	det
5	switch	switch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flick	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 flick	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 light	det
8	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seems	nsubj
9	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	instantaneous	instantaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 seems	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 seems	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flick	present	you	the switch					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent switch=Theme
2	seem	present	the light					instantaneous property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Example 5

Her answer was instantaneous; she didn't need to think.

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 answer	nmod:poss
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 instantaneous	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 instantaneous	cop
4	instantaneous	instantaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 need	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 need	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 need	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 need	advmod
9	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 instantaneous	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 think	mark
11	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 need	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 instantaneous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her answer	instantaneous property	tree rules
2	not need	past · do-support	she		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	think speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	answer		Her = she		nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

Death of the cells was instantaneous in the boiling water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 instantaneous	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 cells	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cells	det
4	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Death	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 instantaneous	cop
6	instantaneous	instantaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
9	boiling	boiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 water	compound
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 instantaneous	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 instantaneous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Death of the cells			the boiling water		instantaneous property	tree rules
2	die		the cells						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Example 7

It was impossible to tell, the shock was so instantaneous.

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	3 impossible	expl
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 impossible	cop
3	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 impossible	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 instantaneous	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shock	det
8	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 instantaneous	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 instantaneous	cop
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 instantaneous	advmod
11	instantaneous	instantaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 impossible	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 impossible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past		impossible property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the shock	instantaneous property	tree rules

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