quietness

Who acts: state, person, I, teacher, strange quietness, head teacher · What happens: make, be, not talk, love, ask, fall · To what, where: quiet kind, quietness, playground, owl hooting · Speech: someone speaks here

«quietness» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: quietness in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The state of making little or no noise; silence or near silence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 state	det
2	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 making	mark
4	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 state	acl
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 making	xcomp
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 noise	cc
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 noise	det
8	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 state	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 silence	punct
10	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 state	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 silence	cc
12	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 silence	amod
13	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 silence	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund	the state or no noise and silence or near silence not said here					little property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

A calm, peaceful feeling in a place or a person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feeling	det
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feeling	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 calm	punct
4	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feeling	amod
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 place	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 place	det
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feeling	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 person	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 place	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 feeling	punct

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

Meaning 3

Being a quiet, shy or gentle kind of person who does not talk much.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 kind	cop
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 kind	det
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kind	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shy	punct
5	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 quiet	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 gentle	cc
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 quiet	conj
8	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 person	case
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kind	nmod
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 talk	nsubj
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 talk	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 talk	advmod
14	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 person	acl:relcl
15	much	much	ADV	_	14 talk	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	gerund		a quiet kind				of person	tree rules
2	not talk	present · do-support	person						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

I love the quietness of the house early in the morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 love	nsubj
2	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 quietness	det
4	quietness	quietness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 love	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quietness	nmod
8	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 morning	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 morning	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 morning	det
11	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 love	obl:unmarked
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 love	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	I	the quietness of the house			morning		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer quietness=Stimulus

Example 2

The teacher asked for quietness during the spelling test.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 quietness	case
5	quietness	quietness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obl
6	during	during	ADP	_	9 test	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 test	det
8	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 test	compound
9	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the teacher				during the spelling test	for quietness	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

A strange quietness fell over the playground when the head teacher walked in.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 quietness	det
2	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 quietness	amod
3	quietness	quietness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 playground	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 playground	det
7	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 walked	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 teacher	det
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 teacher	compound
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walked	nsubj
12	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fell	advcl
13	in	in	ADV	_	12 walked	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	a strange quietness			the playground			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over playground=Location
2	walk in	past	the head teacher						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

His quietness made some kids think he was unfriendly, but he was just shy.

The tree, 14 words

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 quietness	nmod:poss
2	quietness	quietness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 kids	det
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 think	nsubj
6	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	ccomp
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 unfriendly	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 unfriendly	cop
9	unfriendly	unfriendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 think	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shy	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 shy	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 shy	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 shy	cop
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 shy	advmod
15	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 made	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	make	past	His quietness		tree rules
2	think speech: other	present	some kids		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	quietness	unfriendly property	tree rules
4	is	past	quietness	shy property	tree rules

Example 5

We enjoyed the quietness of the forest after the busy city.

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 enjoyed	nsubj
2	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 quietness	det
4	quietness	quietness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enjoyed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quietness	nmod
8	after	after	ADP	_	11 city	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 city	det
10	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 city	amod
11	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forest	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 enjoyed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enjoy	past	We	the quietness of the forest after the busy city					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer quietness=Stimulus

Example 6

In the quietness, we could hear an owl hooting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 quietness	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 quietness	det
3	quietness	quietness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hear	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 quietness	punct
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 hear	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hear	aux
7	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hooting	det
9	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hooting	compound
10	hooting	hooting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hear	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	could	we	a owl hooting		the quietness			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer hooting=Stimulus

Example 7

The quietness of the empty school felt spooky at night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quietness	det
2	quietness	quietness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 felt	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 school	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 school	det
5	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 school	amod
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quietness	nmod
7	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	spooky	spooky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 felt	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 felt	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	the quietness of the empty school				night	spooky property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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