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title: suddenness — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «suddenness» in the school dictionary: The suddenness of something is how quickly and unexpectedly it happens, without warning. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# suddenness

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**Who acts:** suddenness, me, Nobody · **What happens:** be, make, jump, shock, expect · **To what, where:** me, I, suddenness

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The suddenness of something is how quickly and unexpectedly it happens, without warning.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:suddenness:m1:1
# text = The suddenness of something is how quickly and unexpectedly it happens, without warning.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	suddenness	suddenness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	unexpectedly	unexpectedly	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the suddenness of something |  |  |  |  | without warning; happen, quickly *property* | tree rules |

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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 suddenness of the noise made me jump.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:suddenness:x1:1
# text = The suddenness of the noise made me jump.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	suddenness	suddenness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **make** | past | the suddenness of the noise | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **jump** | infinitive | me *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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I was shocked by the suddenness of the storm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:suddenness:x2:1
# text = I was shocked by the suddenness of the storm.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	shocked	shock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	suddenness	suddenness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 | **shock** | past · passive | the suddenness of the storm | I |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Nobody expected the suddenness of the news.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:suddenness:x3:1
# text = Nobody expected the suddenness of the news.
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	expected	expect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	suddenness	suddenness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **expect** | past | Nobody | the suddenness of the news |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suddenness=Theme |

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