unceasingly
Who acts: gnats, Furies, clock · What happens: mean, stop, hum, sting, pursue, tick · To what, where: Orestes, wall · Speech: someone speaks here
«unceasingly» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: unceasingly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Unceasingly means without stopping; all the time.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unceasingly | unceasingly | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 4 stopping | mark |
| 4 | stopping | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | ccomp |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 time | punct |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 time | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | parataxis |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | unceasingly property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | stop | gerund | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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.
Example 1
The gnats hummed and stung unceasingly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gnats | det |
| 2 | gnats | gnat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hummed | nsubj |
| 3 | hummed | hum | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 stung | cc |
| 5 | stung | sting | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hummed | conj |
| 6 | unceasingly | unceasingly | ADV | _ | 5 stung | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hummed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hum | past | the gnats | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location | |||||
| 2 | sting | past | the gnats not said here | unceasingly property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Example 2
The Furies pursued Orestes unceasingly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Furies | det |
| 2 | Furies | fury | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pursued | nsubj |
| 3 | pursued | pursue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Orestes | Orestes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 pursued | obj |
| 5 | unceasingly | unceasingly | ADV | _ | 3 pursued | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 pursued | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pursue | past | the Furies | Orestes | unceasingly property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orestes=Theme |
Example 3
The clock ticked unceasingly on the wall.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 clock | det |
| 2 | clock | clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ticked | nsubj |
| 3 | ticked | tick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | unceasingly | unceasingly | ADV | _ | 3 ticked | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 wall | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wall | det |
| 7 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ticked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ticked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tick | past | the clock | the wall | unceasingly property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wall=Location |
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