regularity

Who acts: quality, something, Accidents, buses, regularity, We · What happens: happen, be, follow, worry, come, show · To what, where: pattern, regularity, children, square, jewel · Speech: someone speaks here

«regularity» 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: regularity in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The quality of happening at the same times or in the same way again and again.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quality	det
2	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 happening	mark
4	happening	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 quality	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 times	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 times	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 times	amod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happening	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 way	cc
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 way	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 way	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 way	amod
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 times	conj
14	again	again	ADV	_	4 happening	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 again	cc
16	again	again	ADV	_	14 again	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 quality	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	gerund	the quality not said here				again; time		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Being even, neat and following a pattern: the regularity of a shape.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 neat	cop
2	even	even	ADV	_	4 neat	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 neat	punct
4	neat	neat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 following	cc
6	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 neat	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pattern	det
8	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 following	obj
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 regularity	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 regularity	det
11	regularity	regularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 neat	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 shape	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 shape	det
14	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 regularity	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 neat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						neat property	tree rules
2	follow	gerund		a pattern					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pattern=Theme

Meaning 3

How often something happens.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 often	advmod
2	often	often	ADV	_	4 happens	advmod
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 happens	nsubj
4	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	something					often property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"Accidents happen there with worrying regularity."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct
2	Accidents	accident	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	nsubj
3	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 happen	advmod
5	with	with	SCONJ	_	6 worrying	mark
6	worrying	worry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 happen	advcl
7	regularity	regularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worrying	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen in a quote	present	Accidents			there			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	worry in a quote	gerund	Accidents not said here	regularity					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus regularity=Experiencer

Example 1

The buses come with great regularity, every ten minutes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 buses	det
2	buses	bus	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 regularity	case
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 regularity	amod
6	regularity	regularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 come	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 minutes	punct
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 minutes	det
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 minutes	nummod
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	the buses				minute	with great regularity	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The regularity of her heartbeat showed she was calm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 regularity	det
2	regularity	regularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 showed	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 heartbeat	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 heartbeat	nmod:poss
5	heartbeat	heartbeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regularity	nmod
6	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 calm	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 calm	cop
9	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 showed	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the regularity of regularity's heartbeat						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	regularity					calm property	tree rules

Example 3

We noticed the regularity of the pattern: 2, 4, 6, 8.

The tree, 11 words

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 noticed	nsubj
2	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 regularity	det
4	regularity	regularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noticed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pattern	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pattern	det
7	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 regularity	nmod
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 2	punct
9	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 pattern	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 4	punct
11	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 2	flat
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 6	punct
13	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 2	flat
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 8	punct
15	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 2	flat
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 noticed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	past	We	the regularity of the pattern					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer regularity=Stimulus

Example 4

The bells rang with clockwork regularity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bells	det
2	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rang	nsubj
3	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 regularity	case
5	clockwork	clockwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 regularity	compound
6	regularity	regularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rang	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	the bells					with clockwork regularity	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with regularity=Theme

Example 5

Doctors say regularity of sleep helps children learn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	regularity	regularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 helps	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 sleep	case
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 regularity	nmod
6	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 helps	obj
8	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 helps	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Doctors		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	help	present	regularity of sleep	children	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	learn	infinitive	children not said here		vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

The regularity of the square's sides makes it a regular shape.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 regularity	det
2	regularity	regularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 makes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 sides	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 square	det
5	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sides	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 square	case
7	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 regularity	nmod
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 makes	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 shape	det
11	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shape	amod
12	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 makes	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the regularity of the square's sides	square					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary shape=Product

Example 7

The pressure of regularity and discipline here stamped the jewel, which in the future the world so well knew.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pressure	det
2	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stamped	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 regularity	case
4	regularity	regularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pressure	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 discipline	cc
6	discipline	discipline	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 regularity	conj
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 stamped	advmod
8	stamped	stamp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 jewel	det
10	jewel	jewel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stamped	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 future	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 future	nsubj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 future	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 future	det
15	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 jewel	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 world	det
17	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 future	appos
18	so	so	ADV	_	20 knew	advmod
19	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	20 knew	advmod
20	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stamped	advcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 stamped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stamp	past	the pressure of regularity and discipline	the jewel and the future	here		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent jewel=Destination
2	know	past	the pressure of regularity and discipline not said here			well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	press			regularity and discipline			nom pressure «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

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