monotonous

Who acts: Monotonous, it, rain, Counting, Life · What happens: mean, not change, make, count, be · To what, where: same sound, monotonous sound, roof, same thing

«monotonous» 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: monotonous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Monotonous means dull and boring because it never changes, the same sound or the same thing over and over.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Monotonous	monotonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 boring	cc
5	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dull	conj
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 changes	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 changes	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 changes	advmod
9	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sound	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sound	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sound	amod
13	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 changes	obj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 thing	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 thing	det
16	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 thing	amod
17	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sound	conj
18	over	over	ADV	_	17 thing	advmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 over	cc
20	over	over	ADV	_	18 over	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Monotonous					dull property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	not change	present	it	the same sound or the same thing					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=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.

Example 1

The rain made a monotonous sound on the roof.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rain	det
2	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sound	det
5	monotonous	monotonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sound	amod
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 roof	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 roof	det
9	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the rain	a monotonous sound		the roof			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product

Example 2

Counting the same thing over and over is monotonous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Counting	count	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 monotonous	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thing	det
3	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thing	amod
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Counting	obj
5	over	over	ADV	_	1 Counting	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 over	cc
7	over	over	ADV	_	5 over	conj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 monotonous	cop
9	monotonous	monotonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 monotonous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	gerund		the same thing				over property	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	is	present	Counting					monotonous property	tree rules

Example 3

Life in the castle was monotonous, with the same chores every day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 monotonous	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 castle	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 castle	det
4	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Life	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 monotonous	cop
6	monotonous	monotonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 chores	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 chores	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chores	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 chores	amod
11	chores	chore	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 monotonous	obl
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 monotonous	obl:unmarked
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 monotonous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Life in the castle				day	with the same chores; monotonous property	tree rules

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