momentary

Who acts: Momentary, momentary silence, I, light, pain · What happens: mean, last, be, see, flash, go away · To what, where: momentary flash, trees

«momentary» 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: momentary in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Momentary means lasting only a very short time, just a moment long.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Momentary	momentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lasting	last	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 time	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 time	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 short	advmod
7	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lasting	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 moment	punct
10	just	just	ADV	_	12 moment	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 moment	det
12	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lasting	obj
13	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 moment	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Momentary						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	last not said to happen	gerund	Momentary not said here				moment; time		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

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

There was a momentary silence in the hall.

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 silence	det
4	momentary	momentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 silence	amod
5	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 silence	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a momentary silence in the hall			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

I saw a momentary flash of light in the trees.

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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 flash	det
4	momentary	momentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 flash	amod
5	flash	flash	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 light	case
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flash	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 trees	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trees	det
10	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 saw	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	I	a momentary flash of light		the trees			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flash=Stimulus
2	flash		light						nom flash «event intransitive»: of=agent

Example 3

The pain was momentary; it soon went away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pain	det
2	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 momentary	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 momentary	cop
4	momentary	momentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 went	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 went	nsubj
7	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 went	advmod
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 momentary	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 went	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 momentary	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the pain					momentary property	tree rules
2	go away	past	pain					away, soon property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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