pulsation

Who acts: star, You, pulsation, doctor, Jellyfish · What happens: shrink, grow, wave, feel, pulsate, fill · To what, where: pressure, pulsation, wrist, blood, hall, music

«pulsation» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: pulsation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A regular beat or throb, like a heartbeat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 beat	det
2	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 beat	amod
3	beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 throb	cc
5	throb	throb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beat	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 heartbeat	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 heartbeat	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 heartbeat	det
9	heartbeat	heartbeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beat	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 beat	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

A regular swelling and shrinking, such as a star that grows bigger and smaller, or a wave of pressure.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 swelling	det
2	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 swelling	amod
3	swelling	swelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shrinking	cc
5	shrinking	shrink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 swelling	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 star	punct
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 star	case
8	as	as	ADP	_	7 such	fixed
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 star	det
10	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swelling	conj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 grows	nsubj
12	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 star	acl:relcl
13	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 grows	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 smaller	cc
15	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 bigger	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 wave	punct
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 wave	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 wave	det
19	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swelling	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 pressure	case
21	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 wave	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 swelling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shrink	gerund				vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	grow	present	a star		big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	wave			pressure		nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

You can feel the pulsation of blood in your wrist.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 feel	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 feel	aux
3	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pulsation	det
5	pulsation	pulsation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feel	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 blood	case
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulsation	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 wrist	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wrist	nmod:poss
10	wrist	wrist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feel	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	can	You	the pulsation of blood		your wrist			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pulsation=Theme in wrist=Location
2	pulsate			blood					nom pulsation «event transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

The pulsation of the music filled the hall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pulsation	det
2	pulsation	pulsation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 filled	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 music	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 music	det
5	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulsation	nmod
6	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 filled	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 filled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	past	the pulsation of the music	the hall					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hall=Patient
2	pulsate			the music					nom pulsation «event transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

The star's pulsation makes it brighter and dimmer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 star	det
2	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulsation	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 star	case
4	pulsation	pulsation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	nsubj
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 makes	obj
7	brighter	bright	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 makes	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dimmer	cc
9	dimmer	dim	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 brighter	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the star's pulsation	star				bright property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	pulsate		the star						nom pulsation «event transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

The doctor felt for a pulsation in his neck.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 felt	nsubj
3	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 pulsation	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pulsation	det
6	pulsation	pulsation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 felt	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 neck	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 neck	nmod:poss
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 felt	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	the doctor			doctor's neck		for a pulsation	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for pulsation=Theme in neck=Location

Example 5

Jellyfish move by pulsation of their bells.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 move	nsubj
2	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 pulsation	case
4	pulsation	pulsation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 move	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bells	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bells	nmod:poss
7	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pulsation	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	Jellyfish					by pulsation of Jellyfish's bells	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by pulsation=Trajectory
2	pulsate			Jellyfish's bells					nom pulsation «event transitive»: of=patient

Example 6

Count the pulsations in fifteen seconds and multiply by four.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Count	count	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pulsations	det
3	pulsations	pulsation	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Count	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 seconds	case
5	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 seconds	nummod
6	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Count	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 multiply	cc
8	multiply	multiply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Count	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 four	case
10	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 multiply	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Count	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	imperative	you not said here	the pulsations			second		vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pulsation=Theme
2	multiply	infinitive	you not said here					by four	vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent by four=Co-Theme

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