instantly Who acts: light, I, it, He, truth · What happens: mean, come on, melt, recognise, travel, seem · To what, where: ice cream, sun., her, sugar, hot tea
«instantly» 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: instantly in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Instantly means at once, in an instant, with no time at all in between.
The tree, 14 words advmod case obl punct case det parataxis punct case det parataxis case nmod acl:relcl fixed punct root Instantly ADV means VERB at ADP once ADV , PUNCT in ADP an DET instant NOUN , PUNCT with ADP no DET time NOUN at ADP all DET in ADP between ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Instantly instantly ADV _ 2 means advmod 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 at at ADP _ 4 once case 4 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 2 means obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 instant punct 6 in in ADP _ 8 instant case 7 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 instant det 8 instant instant NOUN Number=Sing 2 means parataxis 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 time punct 10 with with ADP _ 12 time case 11 no no DET PronType=Neg 12 time det 12 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 means parataxis 13 at at ADP _ 14 all case 14 all all DET PronType=Tot 12 time nmod 15 in in ADP _ 12 time acl:relcl 16 between between ADP _ 15 in fixed 17 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present instantly property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.
Example 1 The light came on instantly.
det nsubj advmod advmod punct root The DET light NOUN came VERB on ADV instantly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 light det 2 light light NOUN Number=Sing 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 on on ADV _ 3 came advmod 5 instantly instantly ADV _ 3 came advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 came punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come on past the light instantly property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 The ice cream melted almost instantly in the sun.
det compound acl advmod advmod case det obl root The DET ice NOUN cream NOUN melted VERB almost ADV instantly ADV in ADP the DET sun. NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 cream det 2 ice ice NOUN Number=Sing 3 cream compound 3 cream cream NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 melted melt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 cream acl 5 almost almost ADV _ 6 instantly advmod 6 instantly instantly ADV _ 4 melted advmod 7 in in ADP _ 9 sun. case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 sun. det 9 sun. sun. NOUN Number=Sing 4 melted obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 melt participle the ice cream not said here the sun. instantly property vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 3 I recognised her instantly.
nsubj obj advmod punct root I PRON recognised VERB her PRON instantly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 recognised nsubj 2 recognised recognise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 recognised obj 4 instantly instantly ADV _ 2 recognised advmod 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 recognised punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 recognise past I her = she instantly property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
Example 4 Light travels so fast it seems to arrive instantly.
nsubj advmod advmod nsubj advcl mark xcomp advmod punct root Light NOUN travels VERB so ADV fast ADV it PRON seems VERB to PART arrive VERB instantly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Light light NOUN Number=Sing 2 travels nsubj 2 travels travel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 so so ADV _ 4 fast advmod 4 fast fast ADV Degree=Pos 2 travels advmod 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 seems nsubj 6 seems seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 travels advcl 7 to to PART _ 8 arrive mark 8 arrive arrive VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 seems xcomp 9 instantly instantly ADV _ 8 arrive advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 travels punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 travel present Light fast property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 seem present it vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute 3 arrive to-infinitive instantly property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 The sugar dissolved instantly in the hot tea.
det acl advmod case det amod obl punct root The DET sugar NOUN dissolved VERB instantly ADV in ADP the DET hot ADJ tea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sugar det 2 sugar sugar NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 dissolved dissolve VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 sugar acl 4 instantly instantly ADV _ 3 dissolved advmod 5 in in ADP _ 8 tea case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 tea det 7 hot hot ADJ Degree=Pos 8 tea amod 8 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 3 dissolved obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 sugar punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 dissolve participle the sugar not said here the hot tea instantly property vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 6 He instantly felt better after the drink.
nsubj advmod xcomp case det obl punct root He PRON instantly ADV felt VERB better ADJ after ADP the DET drink NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 felt nsubj 2 instantly instantly ADV _ 3 felt advmod 3 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 felt xcomp 5 after after ADP _ 7 drink case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 drink det 7 drink drink NOUN Number=Sing 3 felt obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 felt punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feel past He after the drink good, instantly property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 7 Instantly the truth flashed upon him.
advmod det nsubj case obl punct root Instantly ADV the DET truth NOUN flashed VERB upon ADP him PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Instantly instantly ADV _ 4 flashed advmod 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 truth det 3 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 4 flashed nsubj 4 flashed flash VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 upon upon ADP _ 6 him case 6 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 flashed obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 flashed punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 flash past the truth upon him = he ; instantly property vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location
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