intensify Who acts: storm, we, smoke, police, music, Adding · What happens: intensify, mean, become, make, get, smell · To what, where: something, it, smell, search, music, door · Speech: someone speaks here
«intensify» 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: intensify in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To intensify means to become stronger, greater or more extreme.
mark csubj mark xcomp xcomp punct conj cc conj conj punct root To PART intensify VERB means VERB to PART become VERB stronger ADJ , PUNCT greater ADJ or CCONJ more ADJ extreme ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 intensify mark 2 intensify intensify VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 become mark 5 become become VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means xcomp 6 stronger strong ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 become xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 greater punct 8 greater great ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 stronger conj 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 more cc 10 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 stronger conj 11 extreme extreme ADJ Degree=Pos 6 stronger conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 intensify to-infinitive vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 become not said to happen to-infinitive strong property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
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 To intensify something means to make it stronger or more extreme.
mark csubj obj mark xcomp obj xcomp cc conj conj punct root To PART intensify VERB something PRON means VERB to PART make VERB it PRON stronger ADJ or CCONJ more ADJ extreme ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 intensify mark 2 intensify intensify VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means csubj 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 intensify obj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 6 make mark 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means xcomp 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 make obj 8 stronger strong ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 make xcomp 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 more cc 10 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 stronger conj 11 extreme extreme ADJ Degree=Pos 8 stronger conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 intensify to-infinitive something vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent something=Patient 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 make not said to happen to-infinitive it strong property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
Example 1 The storm intensified overnight.
det nsubj advmod punct root The DET storm NOUN intensified VERB overnight ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 storm det 2 storm storm NOUN Number=Sing 3 intensified nsubj 3 intensified intensify VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 overnight overnight ADV _ 3 intensified advmod 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 intensified punct
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1 intensify past the storm overnight property vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 2 The smell of smoke intensified as we got closer.
det case nmod acl mark nsubj advcl xcomp punct root The DET smell NOUN of ADP smoke NOUN intensified VERB as SCONJ we PRON got VERB closer ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 smell det 2 smell smell NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 of of ADP _ 4 smoke case 4 smoke smoke NOUN Number=Sing 2 smell nmod 5 intensified intensify VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 smell acl 6 as as SCONJ _ 8 got mark 7 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 got nsubj 8 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 intensified advcl 9 closer close ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 got xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 smell punct
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1 intensify participle the smell of smoke not said here vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 get past we close property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 3 smell smoke nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
Example 3 The police intensified their search for the missing dog.
det nsubj nmod:poss obj case det amod obl punct root The DET police NOUN intensified VERB their PRON search NOUN for ADP the DET missing ADJ dog NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 police det 2 police police NOUN Number=Plur 3 intensified nsubj 3 intensified intensify VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 search nmod:poss 5 search search NOUN Number=Sing 3 intensified obj 6 for for ADP _ 9 dog case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 dog det 8 missing missing ADJ Degree=Pos 9 dog amod 9 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 3 intensified obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 intensified punct
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1 intensify past the police police's search for the missing dog vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent search=Patient 2 search police nom search «act transitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 The music intensified as the hero reached the door.
det nsubj acl case det obl det obj punct root The DET music NOUN intensified VERB as ADP the DET hero NOUN reached VERB the DET door NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 music det 2 music music NOUN Number=Sing 7 reached nsubj 3 intensified intensify VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 music acl 4 as as ADP _ 6 hero case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 hero det 6 hero hero NOUN Number=Sing 3 intensified obl 7 reached reach VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 door det 9 door door NOUN Number=Sing 7 reached obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 reached punct
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1 intensify participle the music not said here as the hero vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 reach past the music the door vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent door=Theme
Example 5 Adding salt can intensify the flavour of chocolate.
csubj obj aux det obj case nmod punct root Adding VERB salt NOUN can AUX intensify VERB the DET flavour NOUN of ADP chocolate NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Adding add VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 intensify csubj 2 salt salt NOUN Number=Sing 1 Adding obj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 intensify aux 4 intensify intensify VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 flavour det 6 flavour flavour NOUN Number=Sing 4 intensify obj 7 of of ADP _ 8 chocolate case 8 chocolate chocolate NOUN Number=Sing 6 flavour nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 intensify punct
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1 add speech: assert gerund salt vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Patient 2 intensify can Adding the flavour of chocolate vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent flavour=Patient 3 flavour chocolate nom flavour «state transitive»: of=patient
Example 6 His fear intensified when the lights went out.
nmod:poss nsubj advmod det nsubj advcl advmod punct root His PRON fear NOUN intensified VERB when ADV the DET lights NOUN went VERB out ADV . PUNCT 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 2 fear nmod:poss 2 fear fear NOUN Number=Sing 3 intensified nsubj 3 intensified intensify VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 7 went advmod 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 lights det 6 lights light NOUN Number=Plur 7 went nsubj 7 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 intensified advcl 8 out out ADV _ 7 went advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 intensified punct
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1 intensify past His fear vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 go out past the lights out property vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 fear His = he nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
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