fairly

Who acts: you, It, many, teacher, test, This · What happens: mean, follow, share, cut, be, get · To what, where: rules, 20 stickers, cake, 8 pieces, long walk, many

«fairly» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: fairly in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Fairly means in a fair, equal way, following the rules.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fairly	fairly	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
5	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fair	punct
7	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 following	punct
10	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rules	det
12	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 following	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						in a fair equal way; fairly property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	follow	gerund		the rules					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

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.

Everyday, meaning 2

Fairly can also mean quite or rather, but not very.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fairly	fairly	ADV	_	4 mean	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	also	also	ADV	_	4 mean	advmod
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	quite	quite	ADV	_	4 mean	advmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 rather	cc
7	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	5 quite	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 very	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 very	cc
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 very	advmod
11	very	very	ADV	_	4 mean	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can						fairly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Share 20 stickers fairly between 4 children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 stickers	nummod
3	stickers	sticker	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Share	obj
4	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	1 Share	advmod
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 children	case
6	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 children	nummod
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Share	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Share	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	imperative	you not said here	20 stickers				between 4 children; fairly property	tree rules

Example 2

The cake was cut fairly into 8 pieces.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cake	det
2	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cut	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	aux:pass
4	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	4 cut	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 pieces	case
7	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 pieces	nummod
8	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cut	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past · passive		the cake		8 pieces		fairly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into piece=Product

Example 3

It was a fairly long walk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 walk	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 walk	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 walk	det
4	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 walk	amod
6	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a long walk					tree rules

Example 4

How many does each get if shared fairly?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 get	obj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 get	advmod
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 shared	mark
7	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 get	xcomp
8	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	7 shared	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · do-support		many					tree rules
2	share a condition, not said to happen	participle	many not said here					fairly property	tree rules

Example 5

The teacher treats everyone fairly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 treats	nsubj
3	treats	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 treats	obj
5	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	3 treats	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 treats	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	present	the teacher		everyone			fairly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Example 6

The test was fairly easy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 test	det
2	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 easy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 easy	cop
4	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	5 easy	advmod
5	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 easy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the test					easy, fairly property	tree rules

Example 7

It is fairly cold today.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cold	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cold	cop
3	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	4 cold	advmod
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cold	obl:unmarked
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It				today	cold, fairly property	tree rules

Example 8

This he did very fairly, giving each an equal share.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 did	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 fairly	advmod
5	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	3 did	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 giving	punct
7	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 did	advcl
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 giving	obj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 share	det
10	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 share	amod
11	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 giving	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	This					he nsubj; fairly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give	gerund	This not said here	each				a equal share obj	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent each=Recipient share=Theme

Example 9

Presumably, the anatomy of slaughtered livestock would have been fairly familiar to many writers and readers of the time, while blessedly few indeed would have had first-hand knowledge of human innards.] Like what did He make them? (A city) [strife]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

Sentence 1: Presumably, the anatomy of slaughtered livestock would have been fairly familiar to many writers and readers of the time, while blessedly few indeed would have had first-hand knowledge of human innards.]

The tree, 32 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Presumably	presumably	ADV	_	12 familiar	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Presumably	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 anatomy	det
4	anatomy	anatomy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 familiar	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 livestock	case
6	slaughtered	slaughter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 livestock	amod
7	livestock	livestock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 anatomy	nmod
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 familiar	aux
9	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 familiar	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 familiar	cop
11	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	12 familiar	advmod
12	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 writers	case
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 writers	amod
15	writers	writer	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 familiar	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 readers	cc
17	readers	reader	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 writers	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 time	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 time	det
20	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 readers	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 had	punct
22	while	while	SCONJ	_	28 had	mark
23	blessedly	blessedly	ADV	_	24 few	advmod
24	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 had	advcl
25	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	24 few	advmod
26	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 had	aux
27	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	28 had	aux
28	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 familiar	parataxis
29	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	31 hand	amod
30	-	-	PUNCT	_	29 first	punct
31	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 knowledge	compound
32	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 had	obj
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 innards	case
34	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 innards	amod
35	innards	innards	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 knowledge	nmod
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 familiar	punct
37	]	]	PUNCT	_	12 familiar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	slaughter	participle				vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	would · perfect	the anatomy of slaughtered livestock		to many writers and readers of the time; fairly, familiar, presumably property	tree rules
3	have	would · perfect		hand knowledge of human innards		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Patient

Sentence 2: Like what did He make them?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 make	obj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
4	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	nsubj
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · do-support	He	readers = reader				what obj	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary they=Product

Sentence 3: (A city) [strife].

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 city	punct
2	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 city	det
3	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 city	punct
5	[	[	PUNCT	_	6 strife	punct
6	strife	strife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 city	appos
7	]	]	PUNCT	_	6 strife	punct
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 city	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 4: (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 translation	punct
5	Sefaria	Sefaria	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 translation	compound
6	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 translation	compound
7	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	appos
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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📖 fairly

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Example 1

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