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title: continuity — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «continuity» in the school dictionary: Being unbroken; carrying on without a break, so that things stay linked from one time to the next. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# continuity

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**Who acts:** things, story, family, Regular practice · **What happens:** be, carry on, stay, link, have, keep · **To what, where:** good continuity, page, continuity, learning continuity

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«continuity» 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: [continuity in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/continuity.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Being unbroken; carrying on without a break, so that things stay linked from one time to the next.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:continuity:m1:1
# text = Being unbroken; carrying on without a break, so that things stay linked from one time to the next.
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	unbroken	unbroken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	linked	link	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	xcomp	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | unbroken *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry on** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | without a break | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stay** | present | things |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **link** | participle | things *not said here* |  |  |  | time | to the next | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient to next=Co-Patient |

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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 {#x1}

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The story has good continuity from page to page.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:continuity:x1:1
# text = The story has good continuity from page to page.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	continuity	continuity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the story | good continuity |  | page to page |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent continuity=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The family kept the continuity of the old songs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:continuity:x2:1
# text = The family kept the continuity of the old songs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	continuity	continuity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the family | the continuity of the old songs |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent continuity=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Regular practice gives your learning continuity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:continuity:x3:1
# text = Regular practice gives your learning continuity.
1	Regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	continuity	continuity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Regular practice | your learning continuity |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent continuity=Theme |

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**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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