progressively Who acts: step, questions, you, It, reading, My · What happens: get, step, look, go down, grow, read · To what, where: time, page, sequence, doctor
«progressively» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: progressively in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Steadily and step by step, more and more over time: «It got progressively colder».
The tree, 14 words cc conj case nmod punct advmod cc conj case obl punct punct nsubj acl advmod xcomp punct punct root Steadily ADV and CCONJ step NOUN by ADP step NOUN , PUNCT more ADV and CCONJ more ADV over ADP time NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT It PRON got VERB progressively ADV colder ADJ » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Steadily steadily ADV _ root root 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 step cc 3 step step NOUN Number=Sing 1 Steadily conj 4 by by ADP _ 5 step case 5 step step NOUN Number=Sing 3 step nmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 1 Steadily punct 7 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 1 Steadily advmod 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 more cc 9 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 7 more conj 10 over over ADP _ 11 time case 11 time time NOUN Number=Sing 7 more obl 12 : : PUNCT _ 15 got punct 13 « « PUNCT _ 15 got punct 14 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 got nsubj 15 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 time acl 16 progressively progressively ADV _ 17 colder advmod 17 colder cold ADJ Degree=Cmp 15 got xcomp 18 » » PUNCT _ 15 got punct 19 . . PUNCT _ 1 Steadily punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get in a quote past step time not said here cold property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer time=Stimulus 2 step step nom step «act transitive»: by=agent
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.
Meaning 2 In a progressive, forward-looking way (rare).
case det amod punct compound punct amod punct appos punct punct root In ADP a DET progressive ADJ , PUNCT forward ADJ - PUNCT looking VERB way NOUN ( PUNCT rare ADJ ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 8 way case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 way det 3 progressive progressive ADJ Degree=Pos 8 way amod 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 progressive punct 5 forward forward ADJ Degree=Pos 7 looking compound 6 - - PUNCT _ 5 forward punct 7 looking look VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 way amod 8 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 ( ( PUNCT _ 10 rare punct 10 rare rare ADJ Degree=Pos 8 way appos 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 10 rare punct 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 way punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 look gerund vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Example 1 The questions get progressively harder as you go down the page.
det nsubj advmod xcomp mark nsubj advcl case det obl punct root The DET questions NOUN get VERB progressively ADV harder ADJ as SCONJ you PRON go VERB down ADP the DET page NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 questions det 2 questions question NOUN Number=Plur 3 get nsubj 3 get get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 progressively progressively ADV _ 5 harder advmod 5 harder hard ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 get xcomp 6 as as SCONJ _ 8 go mark 7 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 go nsubj 8 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 harder advcl 9 down down ADP _ 11 page case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 page det 11 page page NOUN Number=Sing 8 go obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 get punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present the questions hard property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 2 go down present you the page vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient page=Extent
Example 2 It grew progressively darker as the sun set.
nsubj advmod xcomp case det compound obl punct root It PRON grew VERB progressively ADV darker ADJ as ADP the DET sun NOUN set NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 grew nsubj 2 grew grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 progressively progressively ADV _ 4 darker advmod 4 darker dark ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 grew xcomp 5 as as ADP _ 8 set case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 set det 7 sun sun NOUN Number=Sing 8 set compound 8 set set NOUN Number=Sing 4 darker obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 grew punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow past It dark property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 My reading has got progressively better this year.
nmod:poss nsubj aux advmod xcomp det obl:unmarked punct root My PRON reading NOUN has AUX got VERB progressively ADV better ADJ this DET year NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 reading nmod:poss 2 reading reading NOUN Number=Sing 4 got nsubj 3 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 got aux 4 got get VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 progressively progressively ADV _ 6 better advmod 6 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 got xcomp 7 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 year det 8 year year NOUN Number=Sing 6 better obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 got punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present · perfect My reading good property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 2 read My nom reading «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 The noise got progressively louder as the parade came closer.
det nsubj advmod xcomp mark det nsubj advcl advmod punct root The DET noise NOUN got VERB progressively ADV louder ADJ as SCONJ the DET parade NOUN came VERB closer ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 noise det 2 noise noise NOUN Number=Sing 3 got nsubj 3 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 progressively progressively ADV _ 3 got advmod 5 louder loud ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 got xcomp 6 as as SCONJ _ 9 came mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 parade det 8 parade parade NOUN Number=Sing 9 came nsubj 9 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 got advcl 10 closer close ADV Degree=Cmp 9 came advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 got punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past the noise loud, progressively property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 2 come past the parade close property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 The path became progressively steeper.
det nsubj advmod xcomp punct root The DET path NOUN became VERB progressively ADV steeper ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 path det 2 path path NOUN Number=Sing 3 became nsubj 3 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 progressively progressively ADV _ 5 steeper advmod 5 steeper steep ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 became xcomp 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 became punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 become past the path steep property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Example 6 In the sequence 2, 4, 8, 16, the numbers get progressively bigger.
The tree, 12 words case det obl flat punct flat punct nmod punct conj punct det nsubj advmod xcomp punct root In ADP the DET sequence NOUN 2 NUM , PUNCT 4 NUM , PUNCT 8 NUM , PUNCT 16 NUM , PUNCT the DET numbers NOUN get VERB progressively ADV bigger ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 sequence case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 sequence det 3 sequence sequence NOUN Number=Sing 14 get obl 4 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 sequence flat 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 4 punct 6 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 2 flat 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 8 punct 8 8 8 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 2 nmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 16 punct 10 16 16 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 8 conj 11 , , PUNCT _ 3 sequence punct 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 numbers det 13 numbers number NOUN Number=Plur 14 get nsubj 14 get get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 15 progressively progressively ADV _ 16 bigger advmod 16 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 14 get xcomp 17 . . PUNCT _ 14 get punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present the numbers the sequence big property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Example 7 His cough got progressively worse, so he went to the doctor.
nmod:poss nsubj advmod xcomp punct advmod nsubj conj case det obl punct root His PRON cough NOUN got VERB progressively ADV worse ADJ , PUNCT so ADV he PRON went VERB to ADP the DET doctor NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 cough nmod:poss 2 cough cough NOUN Number=Sing 3 got nsubj 3 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 progressively progressively ADV _ 3 got advmod 5 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 got xcomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 went punct 7 so so ADV _ 9 went advmod 8 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 went nsubj 9 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 got conj 10 to to ADP _ 12 doctor case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 doctor det 12 doctor doctor NOUN Number=Sing 9 went obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 got punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past His cough bad, progressively property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 2 go past cough the doctor vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to doctor=Initial_Location 3 cough His = he nom cough «state transitive»: poss=agent
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