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title: oscillating — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «oscillating» in the school dictionary: Swinging or moving back and forth regularly. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# oscillating

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**Who acts:** oscillating fan, oscillating sprinkler, We, pendulum, prices, oscillating light · **What happens:** swing, move back, move, turn, oscillate, change · **To what, where:** oscillating fan, side, whole lawn, oscillating pendulum, science, bay

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«oscillating» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [oscillating in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oscillating.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swinging or moving back and forth regularly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oscillating:m1:1
# text = Swinging or moving back and forth regularly.
1	Swinging	swing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
7	regularly	regularly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swing** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **move back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | regularly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

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Moving or turning from side to side, as in "an oscillating fan".

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oscillating:m2:1
# text = Moving or turning from side to side, as in "an oscillating fan".
1	Moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	oscillating	oscillate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	amod	_	_
14	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  | a oscillating fan |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in fan=Trajectory |
| 2 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  | side |  | to side *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent from side=Initial\_State to side=Result |
| 3 | **oscillate** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Changing back and forth between two states or feelings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oscillating:m3:1
# text = Changing back and forth between two states or feelings.
1	Changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | between two states or feelings | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An oscillating fan turns from side to side.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oscillating:x1:1
# text = An oscillating fan turns from side to side.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	oscillating	oscillate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oscillate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | present | a oscillating fan |  |  | side to side |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from side=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The oscillating sprinkler watered the whole lawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oscillating:x2:1
# text = The oscillating sprinkler watered the whole lawn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	oscillating	oscillate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	sprinkler	sprinkler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	watered	water	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oscillate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **water** | past | the oscillating sprinkler | the whole lawn |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent lawn=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We timed the oscillating pendulum in science.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oscillating:x3:1
# text = We timed the oscillating pendulum in science.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	timed	time	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	oscillating	oscillate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	pendulum	pendulum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **time** | past | We | the oscillating pendulum |  | science |  |  | vn register-54.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pendulum=Theme |
| 2 | **oscillate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The pendulum kept oscillating for a long time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oscillating:x4:1
# text = The pendulum kept oscillating for a long time.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pendulum	pendulum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	oscillating	oscillate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the pendulum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **oscillate** | gerund | the pendulum *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The prices kept oscillating up and down.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oscillating:x5:1
# text = The prices kept oscillating up and down.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	oscillating	oscillate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the prices |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **oscillate** | gerund | the prices *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The oscillating light on the lighthouse swept across the bay.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oscillating:x6:1
# text = The oscillating light on the lighthouse swept across the bay.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	oscillating	oscillate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	swept	sweep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bay	bay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oscillate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sweep** | past | the oscillating light on the lighthouse |  |  | the bay |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across bay=Trajectory |

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