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slowness

Who acts: fact, slowness, Snails, We, canyons, tortoise · What happens: be, move, happen, work, understand, react · To what, where: everyone, millions · Speech: someone speaks here

«slowness» 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: slowness in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The fact or quality of being slow: moving, happening or working without much speed.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fact	det
2	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 moving	nsubj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 quality	cc
4	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fact	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 slow	case
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 slow	cop
7	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 quality	nmod
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 moving	punct
9	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 happening	punct
11	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 moving	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 working	cc
13	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 moving	conj
14	without	without	ADP	_	16 speed	case
15	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 speed	amod
16	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 working	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 moving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						slow property	tree rules
2	move	gerund	the fact or quality						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	happen	gerund	the fact or quality not said here						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	work	gerund	the fact or quality not said here					without much speed	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=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

Being slow to understand or react.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 slow	cop
2	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 understand	mark
4	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 slow	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 react	cc
6	react	react	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 understand	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						slow property	tree rules
2	understand	to-infinitive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	react	infinitive							vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The slowness of the queue made everyone grumpy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 slowness	det
2	slowness	slowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 queue	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 queue	det
5	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slowness	nmod
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 made	obj
8	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 made	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the slowness of the queue	everyone				grumpy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everyone=Product

Example 2

Snails are famous for their slowness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snails	snail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 famous	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 famous	cop
3	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 slowness	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 slowness	nmod:poss
6	slowness	slowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 famous	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 famous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Snails					for Snails's slowness; famous property	tree rules

Example 3

We were annoyed by the slowness of the internet.

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	3 annoyed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 annoyed	cop
3	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 slowness	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 slowness	det
6	slowness	slowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 annoyed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 internet	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 internet	det
9	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slowness	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 annoyed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	We					by the slowness of the internet; annoyed property	tree rules

Example 4

The slowness of erosion means canyons take millions of years to form.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 slowness	det
2	slowness	slowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 erosion	case
4	erosion	erosion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slowness	nmod
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	canyons	canyon	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 take	nsubj
7	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	ccomp
8	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 take	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 years	case
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 millions	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 form	mark
12	form	form	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 take	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the slowness of erosion						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take	present	canyons	millions of years					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Theme
3	form	to-infinitive	canyons not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

Despite his slowness, the tortoise kept going.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Despite	despite	ADP	_	3 slowness	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 slowness	nmod:poss
3	slowness	slowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 slowness	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tortoise	det
6	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	nsubj
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 kept	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the tortoise					despite his slowness	tree rules
2	go	gerund	the tortoise not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

The doctor worried about the slowness of her heartbeat.

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	root	root
3	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 doctor	amod
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 slowness	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 slowness	det
6	slowness	slowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worried	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 heartbeat	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 heartbeat	nmod:poss
9	heartbeat	heartbeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slowness	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 doctor	punct

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

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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