standstill Who acts: standstill, nothing, traffic, horse, Work, game · What happens: be, move, come, mean, stop, make · To what, where: complete stop, standstill, progress · Speech: someone speaks here
«standstill» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: standstill in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A standstill is a complete stop, when nothing is moving.
det nsubj cop det amod punct mark nsubj aux conj punct root A DET standstill NOUN is AUX a DET complete ADJ stop NOUN , PUNCT when SCONJ nothing PRON is AUX moving VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 standstill det 2 standstill standstill NOUN Number=Sing 6 stop nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 stop cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 stop det 5 complete complete ADJ Degree=Pos 6 stop amod 6 stop stop NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 moving punct 8 when when SCONJ _ 11 moving mark 9 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 11 moving nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 moving aux 11 moving move VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 stop conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 stop punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a standstill a complete stop tree rules 2 move present · progressive nothing vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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 «Come to a standstill» means stop moving or stop making progress.
punct nsubj case det obl punct ccomp xcomp cc conj xcomp obj punct root « PUNCT Come VERB to ADP a DET standstill NOUN » PUNCT means VERB stop VERB moving VERB or CCONJ stop VERB making VERB progress NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Come punct 2 Come come VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 7 means nsubj 3 to to ADP _ 5 standstill case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 standstill det 5 standstill standstill NOUN Number=Sing 2 Come obl 6 » » PUNCT _ 2 Come punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 means ccomp 9 moving move VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 stop xcomp 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 stop cc 11 stop stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 moving conj 12 making make VERB VerbForm=Ger 11 stop xcomp 13 progress progress NOUN Number=Sing 12 making obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come in a quote infinitive a standstill vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to standstill=Initial_Location 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 stop infinitive vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 4 move gerund vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme 5 stop present vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 6 make gerund progress vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset progress=Product
Example 1 The traffic came to a standstill.
det nsubj case det obl punct root The DET traffic NOUN came VERB to ADP a DET standstill NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 traffic det 2 traffic traffic NOUN Number=Sing 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 6 standstill case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 standstill det 6 standstill standstill NOUN Number=Sing 3 came obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 came punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come past the traffic a standstill vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to standstill=Initial_Location
Example 2 The horse came to a standstill by the graveyard.
det nsubj case det obl case det obl punct root The DET horse NOUN came VERB to ADP a DET standstill NOUN by ADP the DET graveyard NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 horse det 2 horse horse NOUN Number=Sing 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 6 standstill case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 standstill det 6 standstill standstill NOUN Number=Sing 3 came obl 7 by by ADP _ 9 graveyard case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 graveyard det 9 graveyard graveyard NOUN Number=Sing 3 came obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 came punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come past the horse a standstill by the graveyard vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to standstill=Initial_Location
Example 3 Work was at a standstill during the storm.
nsubj cop case det case det nmod punct root Work NOUN was AUX at ADP a DET standstill NOUN during ADP the DET storm NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Work work NOUN Number=Sing 5 standstill nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 standstill cop 3 at at ADP _ 5 standstill case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 standstill det 5 standstill standstill NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 during during ADP _ 8 storm case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 storm det 8 storm storm NOUN Number=Sing 5 standstill nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 standstill punct
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1 is past Work a standstill during the storm tree rules
Example 4 The game came to a standstill when the ball got stuck.
det nsubj case det obl advmod det nsubj advcl xcomp punct root The DET game NOUN came VERB to ADP a DET standstill NOUN when ADV the DET ball NOUN got VERB stuck ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 game det 2 game game NOUN Number=Sing 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 6 standstill case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 standstill det 6 standstill standstill NOUN Number=Sing 3 came obl 7 when when ADV PronType=Int 10 got advmod 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 ball det 9 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 10 got nsubj 10 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 came advcl 11 stuck stuck ADJ Degree=Pos 10 got xcomp 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 came punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come past the game a standstill vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to standstill=Initial_Location 2 get past the ball stuck property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
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