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title: incessant — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «incessant» in the school dictionary: Incessant means never stopping, going on and on without a break. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# incessant

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**Who acts:** Incessant, incessant rain, incessant questions, teacher, His · **What happens:** mean, not stop, go on, flood, keep, make · **To what, where:** road, incessant, teacher · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Incessant means never stopping, going on and on without a break.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:incessant:m1:1
# text = Incessant means never stopping, going on and on without a break.
1	Incessant	Incessant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	on	on	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Incessant |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **stop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **go on** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | without a break | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 incessant rain flooded the road.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:incessant:x1:1
# text = The incessant rain flooded the road.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	incessant	incessant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flooded	flood	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flood** | past | the incessant rain | the road |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent road=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The baby's incessant crying kept us awake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:incessant:x2:1
# text = The baby's incessant crying kept us awake.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	incessant	incessant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund · passive |  | the baby's incessant |  |  |  | awake *property* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme we=Attribute |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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His incessant questions made the teacher smile.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:incessant:x3:1
# text = His incessant questions made the teacher smile.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	incessant	incessant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	smile	smile	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | His incessant questions | the teacher |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **smile** | infinitive | the teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **question** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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