urgency Who acts: Urgency, something, We, fire, He · What happens: be, act, do, need, finish, sense · To what, where: need, feeling, something, voice, doctor, sense · Speech: someone speaks here
«urgency» 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: urgency in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Urgency is the need to act quickly because something is important.
nsubj cop det mark acl advmod mark nsubj cop advcl punct root Urgency NOUN is AUX the DET need NOUN to PART act VERB quickly ADV because SCONJ something PRON is AUX important ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Urgency urgency NOUN Number=Sing 4 need nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 need cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 need det 4 need need NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 to to PART _ 6 act mark 6 act act VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 need acl 7 quickly quickly ADV _ 6 act advmod 8 because because SCONJ _ 11 important mark 9 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 11 important nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 important cop 11 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 6 act advcl 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 need punct
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1 is a present Urgency the need tree rules 2 act to-infinitive quickly property vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is present something important property tree rules
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 Urgency is also the feeling that something must be done at once.
nsubj cop advmod det mark nsubj aux aux:pass advcl case obl punct root Urgency NOUN is AUX also ADV the DET feeling NOUN that SCONJ something PRON must AUX be AUX done VERB at ADP once ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Urgency urgency NOUN Number=Sing 5 feeling nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 feeling cop 3 also also ADV _ 5 feeling advmod 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 feeling det 5 feeling feeling NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 that that SCONJ _ 10 done mark 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 10 done nsubj 8 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 done aux 9 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 10 done aux:pass 10 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 feeling advcl 11 at at ADP _ 12 once case 12 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 10 done obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 feeling punct
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1 is a present Urgency the feeling tree rules 2 do must · passive something vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
Example 1 There was urgency in her voice.
expl nsubj case nmod:poss obl punct root There PRON was VERB urgency NOUN in ADP her PRON voice NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 was expl 2 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 urgency urgency NOUN Number=Sing 2 was nsubj 4 in in ADP _ 6 voice case 5 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 voice nmod:poss 6 voice voice NOUN Number=Sing 2 was obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 was punct
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1 be past urgency urgency's voice; there vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in voice=Location
Example 2 The doctor acted with urgency.
det acl case obl punct root The DET doctor NOUN acted VERB with ADP urgency NOUN . PUNCT 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 acted act VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 doctor acl 4 with with ADP _ 5 urgency case 5 urgency urgency NOUN Number=Sing 3 acted obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 doctor punct
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1 act participle the doctor not said here with urgency vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 We need a sense of urgency to finish on time.
nsubj det obj case nmod mark acl case obl punct root We PRON need VERB a DET sense NOUN of ADP urgency NOUN to PART finish VERB on ADP time NOUN . PUNCT 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 need nsubj 2 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 sense det 4 sense sense NOUN Number=Sing 2 need obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 urgency case 6 urgency urgency NOUN Number=Sing 4 sense nmod 7 to to PART _ 8 finish mark 8 finish finish VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 sense acl 9 on on ADP _ 10 time case 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 8 finish obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 need punct
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1 need present We a sense of urgency vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sense=Theme 2 finish to-infinitive We not said here a sense of urgency not said here time vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality 3 sense urgency nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient
Example 4 The fire was a matter of urgency.
det nsubj cop det case nmod punct root The DET fire NOUN was AUX a DET matter NOUN of ADP urgency NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 fire det 2 fire fire NOUN Number=Sing 5 matter nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 matter cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 matter det 5 matter matter NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 7 urgency case 7 urgency urgency NOUN Number=Sing 5 matter nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 matter punct
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1 is a past the fire a matter of urgency tree rules
Example 5 He spoke with urgency.
nsubj case obl punct root He PRON spoke VERB with ADP urgency NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 spoke nsubj 2 spoke speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 with with ADP _ 4 urgency case 4 urgency urgency NOUN Number=Sing 2 spoke obl 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 spoke punct
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1 speak speech: other past He with urgency vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with urgency=Co-Agent
Example 6 The urgency of the situation was clear.
det nsubj case det nmod cop punct root The DET urgency NOUN of ADP the DET situation NOUN was AUX clear ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 urgency det 2 urgency urgency NOUN Number=Sing 7 clear nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 situation case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 situation det 5 situation situation NOUN Number=Sing 2 urgency nmod 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 clear cop 7 clear clear ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 clear punct
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1 is past the urgency of the situation clear property tree rules 2 urge the situation nom urgency «state transitive»: of=patient
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