interminable

Who acts: it, We, wait, lesson · What happens: go on, seem, not end, walk, feel · To what, where: interminable forest

«interminable» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: interminable in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Going on for so long that it seems it will never end; endless and tiresome.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 long	csubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	1 Going	compound:prt
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 long	case
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 seems	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 seems	nsubj
8	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 long	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 end	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 end	aux
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 end	advmod
12	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 seems	ccomp
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 endless	punct
14	endless	endless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 long	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 tiresome	cc
16	tiresome	tiresome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 endless	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 long	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	go on	gerund		vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	seem	present	it	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3	not end	future	it	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

We walked through an interminable forest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	6 forest	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 forest	det
5	interminable	interminable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 forest	amod
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	We			a interminable forest			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory

Example 2

The wait for the bus felt interminable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wait	det
2	wait	wait	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 felt	nsubj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 bus	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bus	det
5	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	nmod
6	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	interminable	interminable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 felt	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	the wait for the bus					interminable property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

The lesson seemed interminable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lesson	det
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seemed	nsubj
3	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	interminable	interminable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seemed	xcomp
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seemed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	past	the lesson					interminable property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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