oscillation

Who acts: We, pendulum, One oscillation, oscillation, air particles, longer pendulum · What happens: count, oscillate, mean, swing, make, have · To what, where: ten oscillations, Sound, slower oscillations, wind

«oscillation» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: oscillation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A regular movement back and forth, like a pendulum swing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 movement	det
2	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 movement	amod
3	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 movement	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 forth	cc
6	forth	forth	ADV	_	4 back	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 swing	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	11 swing	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 swing	det
10	pendulum	pendulum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swing	compound
11	swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 movement	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 movement	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

One full swing or vibration, from one side to the other and back.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 swing	nummod
2	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 swing	amod
3	swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 vibration	cc
5	vibration	vibration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swing	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 side	punct
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 side	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 side	nummod
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swing	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 other	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 other	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 side	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 back	cc
14	back	back	ADV	_	12 other	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 swing	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

A change back and forth between two states, feelings or opinions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 change	det
2	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 back	nsubj
3	back	back	ADV	_	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 forth	cc
5	forth	forth	ADV	_	3 back	conj
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 states	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 states	nummod
8	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 back	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 feelings	punct
10	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 states	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 opinions	cc
12	opinions	opinion	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 states	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 back	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

We counted ten oscillations of the pendulum.

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 counted	nsubj
2	counted	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 oscillations	nummod
4	oscillations	oscillation	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 counted	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pendulum	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pendulum	det
7	pendulum	pendulum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oscillations	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 counted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	past	We	ten oscillations of the pendulum					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oscillation=Theme
2	oscillate		the pendulum						nom oscillation «process intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

One oscillation means swinging there and back again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 oscillation	nummod
2	oscillation	oscillation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	swinging	swing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 means	xcomp
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 swinging	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 back	cc
7	back	back	ADV	_	5 there	conj
8	again	again	ADV	_	4 swinging	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	One oscillation						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	swing not said to happen	gerund	One oscillation not said here			there	again		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 3

Sound is made by the oscillation of air particles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 oscillation	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 oscillation	det
6	oscillation	oscillation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 particles	case
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 particles	compound
9	particles	particle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 oscillation	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive	the oscillation of air particles	Sound					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product
2	oscillate		air particles						nom oscillation «process intransitive»: of=agent

Example 4

A longer pendulum has slower oscillations.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pendulum	det
2	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 pendulum	amod
3	pendulum	pendulum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	slower	slow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 oscillations	amod
6	oscillations	oscillation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a longer pendulum	slower oscillations					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oscillation=Patient

Example 5

There was an oscillation in her mood all day.

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 oscillation	det
4	oscillation	oscillation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mood	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mood	nmod:poss
7	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oscillation	nmod
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

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

Example 6

The bridge's oscillation in the wind worried engineers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bridge	det
2	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oscillation	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 bridge	case
4	oscillation	oscillation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 engineers	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wind	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wind	det
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oscillation	nmod
8	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 engineers	amod
9	engineers	engineer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 engineers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oscillate		the bridge			the wind			nom oscillation «process intransitive»: poss=agent in=place

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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