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title: unceasing — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unceasing» in the school dictionary: Unceasing means never stopping; going on and on. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unceasing

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**Who acts:** Unceasing, rain, Prometheus, unceasing buzz, bees · **What happens:** mean, not stop, go on, unceas, groan, fill · **To what, where:** garden · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Unceasing means never stopping; going on and on.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unceasing:m1:1
# text = Unceasing means never stopping; going on and on.
1	Unceasing	Unceasing	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	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	on	on	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Unceasing |  |  |  |  |  | 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 | Unceasing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 rain was unceasing for three days.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unceasing:x1:1
# text = The rain was unceasing for three days.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	unceasing	unceas	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unceas** | past · progressive | the rain |  |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Prometheus groaned in unceasing pain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unceasing:x2:1
# text = Prometheus groaned in unceasing pain.
1	Prometheus	Prometheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	groaned	groan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	unceasing	unceasing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **groan** | past | Prometheus |  |  |  |  | in unceasing pain | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in pain=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The unceasing buzz of bees filled the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unceasing:x3:1
# text = The unceasing buzz of bees filled the garden.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unceasing	unceasing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	buzz	buzz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past | the unceasing buzz of bees | the garden |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent garden=Patient |
| 2 | **buzz** |  | bees |  |  |  |  |  | nom buzz «event intransitive»: of=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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