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jitters

Who acts: feeling, I, She, actors, night, deep breath · What happens: be, get, have, jitter, help, calm · To what, where: jitters, him, ball, us

«jitters» 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: jitters in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A feeling of being very nervous and shaky, especially before something important.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 feeling	det
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nervous	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 nervous	case
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 nervous	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 nervous	advmod
6	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 shaky	cc
8	shaky	shaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nervous	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 something	punct
10	especially	especially	ADV	_	12 something	advmod
11	before	before	ADP	_	12 something	case
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 nervous	obl
13	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 something	amod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 nervous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	a feeling				before something	nervous property	tree rules
2	be		a feeling not said here						tree rules

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

I always get the jitters before a test.

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	3 get	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 get	advmod
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jitters	det
5	jitters	jitter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obj
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 test	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 test	det
8	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	I	the jitters			before a test	always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jitter=Stimulus

Example 2

She had the jitters on the first day at a new school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 jitters	det
4	jitters	jitter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 day	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 day	amod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 school	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 school	det
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 school	amod
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 day	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	the jitters			day		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jitter=Patient

Example 3

The actors had first-night jitters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 actors	det
2	actors	actor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 jitters	advmod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 first	punct
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 jitters	nsubj
7	jitters	jitter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 had	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the actors						tree rules
2	jitter	present	night					first property	tree rules

Example 4

A deep breath helps calm the jitters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 breath	det
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 breath	amod
3	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 helps	nsubj
4	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 helps	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 jitters	det
7	jitters	jitter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 calm	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	a deep breath						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	calm	infinitive	a deep breath not said here	the jitters					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus jitter=Experiencer

Example 5

The goalkeeper's jitters made him drop the ball.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goalkeeper	det
2	goalkeeper	goalkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jitters	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 goalkeeper	case
4	jitters	jitter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ball	det
9	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drop	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the goalkeeper's jitters	him = he					tree rules
2	drop	infinitive	him = he not said here	the ball					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme

Example 6

Spooky noises gave us the jitters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spooky	spooky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 noises	amod
2	noises	noise	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 jitters	det
6	jitters	jitter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Spooky noises	the jitters	us				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient jitter=Theme

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