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title: unceasingly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unceasingly» in the school dictionary: Unceasingly means without stopping; all the time. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unceasingly

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**Who acts:** gnats, Furies, clock · **What happens:** mean, stop, hum, sting, pursue, tick · **To what, where:** Orestes, wall · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Unceasingly means without stopping; all the time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unceasingly:m1:1
# text = Unceasingly means without stopping; all the time.
1	Unceasingly	unceasingly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | unceasingly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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 gnats hummed and stung unceasingly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unceasingly:x1:1
# text = The gnats hummed and stung unceasingly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gnats	gnat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hummed	hum	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	stung	sting	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	unceasingly	unceasingly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hum** | past | the gnats |  |  |  |  |  | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **sting** | past | the gnats *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unceasingly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The Furies pursued Orestes unceasingly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unceasingly:x2:1
# text = The Furies pursued Orestes unceasingly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Furies	fury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pursued	pursue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Orestes	Orestes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	unceasingly	unceasingly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** | past | the Furies | Orestes |  |  |  | unceasingly *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orestes=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The clock ticked unceasingly on the wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unceasingly:x3:1
# text = The clock ticked unceasingly on the wall.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ticked	tick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unceasingly	unceasingly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tick** | past | the clock |  |  | the wall |  | unceasingly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wall=Location |

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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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