monotonously
Who acts: clock, She, bell · What happens: mean, unchang, tick, count, ring
«monotonously» 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: monotonously in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Monotonously means in a dull, unchanging way, the same over and over.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monotonously | monotonously | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 way | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 way | det |
| 5 | dull | dull | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 way | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 unchanging | punct |
| 7 | unchanging | unchang | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 way | amod |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 same | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 same | det |
| 11 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 way | appos |
| 12 | over | over | ADV | _ | 11 same | advmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 over | cc |
| 14 | over | over | ADV | _ | 12 over | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | in a dull unchanging way; monotonously property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | unchang | gerund | 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
The clock ticked monotonously all night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 clock | det |
| 2 | clock | clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ticked | nsubj |
| 3 | ticked | tick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | monotonously | monotonously | ADV | _ | 3 ticked | advmod |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 night | det |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ticked | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ticked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tick | past | the clock | night | monotonously property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
She counted monotonously, one, two, three.
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 counted | nsubj |
| 2 | counted | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | monotonously | monotonously | ADV | _ | 2 counted | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 one | punct |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 counted | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 two | punct |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 one | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 three | punct |
| 9 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 one | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 counted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | past | She | monotonously property | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Example 3
The bell rang monotonously all morning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bell | det |
| 2 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rang | nsubj |
| 3 | rang | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | monotonously | monotonously | ADV | _ | 3 rang | advmod |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 morning | det |
| 6 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rang | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | past | the bell | morning | monotonously property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: 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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