intermittent Who acts: forecast, We, intermittent, Intermittent showers, cough, His · What happens: stop, start, be, have, beep, change · To what, where: intermittent, smoke alarm, battery, cricket match, intermittent fault
«intermittent» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: intermittent in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Stopping and starting again and again; not continuous.
csubj cc conj advmod cc conj punct advmod punct root Stopping VERB and CCONJ starting VERB again ADV and CCONJ again ADV ; PUNCT not PART continuous ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stopping stop VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 continuous csubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 starting cc 3 starting start VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Stopping conj 4 again again ADV _ 3 starting advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 again cc 6 again again ADV _ 4 again conj 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 9 continuous punct 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 continuous advmod 9 continuous continuous ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 continuous punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop gerund vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality 2 start gerund again vn begin-55.1-1-1 «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 The forecast is for intermittent rain.
det nsubj cop case amod punct root The DET forecast NOUN is AUX for ADP intermittent ADJ rain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 forecast det 2 forecast forecast NOUN Number=Sing 6 rain nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 rain cop 4 for for ADP _ 6 rain case 5 intermittent intermittent ADJ Degree=Pos 6 rain amod 6 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 rain punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the forecast for intermittent rain tree rules
Example 2 We had an intermittent Wi-Fi signal in the caravan.
nsubj det obj compound punct compound nmod case det nmod punct root We PRON had VERB an DET intermittent NOUN Wi PROPN - PUNCT Fi NOUN signal NOUN in ADP the DET caravan NOUN . PUNCT 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 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 intermittent det 4 intermittent intermittent NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obj 5 Wi Wi PROPN Number=Sing 8 signal compound 6 - - PUNCT _ 7 Fi punct 7 Fi fi NOUN Number=Sing 8 signal compound 8 signal signal NOUN Number=Sing 4 intermittent nmod 9 in in ADP _ 11 caravan case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 caravan det 11 caravan caravan NOUN Number=Sing 8 signal nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 had punct
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1 have past We a intermittent Wi Fi signal in the caravan vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intermittent=Patient
Example 3 There was an intermittent beeping from the smoke alarm, so we changed the battery.
The tree, 14 words expl det nsubj acl case det compound obl punct advmod nsubj parataxis det obj punct root There PRON was VERB an DET intermittent NOUN beeping VERB from ADP the DET smoke NOUN alarm NOUN , PUNCT so ADV we PRON changed VERB the DET battery NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 was expl 2 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 intermittent det 4 intermittent intermittent NOUN Number=Sing 2 was nsubj 5 beeping beep VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 intermittent acl 6 from from ADP _ 9 alarm case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 alarm det 8 smoke smoke NOUN Number=Sing 9 alarm compound 9 alarm alarm NOUN Number=Sing 5 beeping obl 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 changed punct 11 so so ADV _ 13 changed advmod 12 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 13 changed nsubj 13 changed change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 was parataxis 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 battery det 15 battery battery NOUN Number=Sing 13 changed obj 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 was punct
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1 be past a intermittent there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 beep gerund a intermittent not said here the smoke alarm vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 change past we the battery vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Patient
Example 4 Intermittent showers stopped the cricket match several times.
amod nsubj det compound obj amod obl:unmarked punct root Intermittent ADJ showers NOUN stopped VERB the DET cricket NOUN match NOUN several ADJ times NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Intermittent intermittent ADJ Degree=Pos 2 showers amod 2 showers shower NOUN Number=Plur 3 stopped nsubj 3 stopped stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 match det 5 cricket cricket NOUN Number=Sing 6 match compound 6 match match NOUN Number=Sing 3 stopped obj 7 several several ADJ Degree=Pos 8 times amod 8 times time NOUN Number=Plur 3 stopped obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 stopped punct
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1 stop past Intermittent showers the cricket match time vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality match=Eventuality
Example 5 His cough was intermittent.
nmod:poss nsubj cop punct root His PRON cough NOUN was AUX intermittent ADJ . 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 cough nmod:poss 2 cough cough NOUN Number=Sing 4 intermittent nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 intermittent cop 4 intermittent intermittent ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 intermittent punct
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1 is past His cough intermittent property tree rules 2 cough His = he nom cough «state transitive»: poss=agent
Example 6 The streetlight has an intermittent fault.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET streetlight NOUN has VERB an DET intermittent ADJ fault NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 streetlight det 2 streetlight streetlight NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 fault det 5 intermittent intermittent ADJ Degree=Pos 6 fault amod 6 fault fault NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present the streetlight a intermittent fault vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Patient
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