lightly

Who acts: you, Snow, He, Dad, she, They · What happens: mean, salt, cook, be, take, sleep · To what, where: little, something, tap glass, tin, fire safety, noise · Speech: someone speaks here

«lightly» in the English dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: lightly in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Lightly means with little force or weight: «tap lightly».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lightly	lightly	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 force	case
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 force	amod
5	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 weight	cc
7	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 force	conj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 tap	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 tap	punct
10	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
11	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	10 tap	advmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 tap	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						with little force or weight; tap parataxis; lightly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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

A little: «lightly salted», «lightly cooked».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 little	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 salted	obl:unmarked
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 salted	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 salted	punct
5	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	6 salted	advmod
6	salted	salt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 salted	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cooked	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 cooked	punct
10	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	11 cooked	advmod
11	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 salted	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 cooked	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 salted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	salt in a quote	participle		a little				lightly property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
2	cook in a quote	participle						lightly property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Everyday, meaning 3

Without being serious or worried: «take something lightly».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	SCONJ	_	3 serious	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 serious	cop
3	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 worried	cc
5	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 serious	conj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct
8	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 serious	parataxis
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 take	obj
10	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	8 take	advmod
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 serious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund		serious property	tree rules
2	be				tree rules
3	take in a quote	infinitive	something	lightly property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme

Everyday, meaning 4

Not much: «sleep lightly».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 much	advmod
2	much	much	ADV	_	5 sleep	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 sleep	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 sleep	punct
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	5 sleep	advmod
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 sleep	punct
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sleep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep in a quote	imperative	you not said here					lightly property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Lightly tap the glass with a spoon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lightly	lightly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tap	amod
2	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glass	compound
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 glass	det
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 spoon	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 spoon	det
7	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glass	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 glass	punct

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

Example 2

Lightly grease the tin before baking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lightly	lightly	ADV	_	2 grease	advmod
2	grease	grease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tin	det
4	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grease	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 baking	mark
6	baking	bake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 grease	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grease	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grease	imperative	you not said here	the tin				lightly property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent tin=Destination
2	bake	gerund	you not said here						vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 3

Snow fell lightly all night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	2 fell	advmod
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 night	det
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl:unmarked
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	Snow				night	lightly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

Don't take fire safety lightly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 take	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 take	advmod
3	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 safety	compound
5	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
6	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	3 take	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not take	imperative · do-support	you not said here	fire safety				lightly property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent safety=Theme

Example 5

He got off lightly with a warning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 got	compound:prt
4	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	2 got	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 warning	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 warning	det
7	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get off	past	He					with a warning; lightly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 6

Dad sleeps lightly and hears every noise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleeps	nsubj
2	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	2 sleeps	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hears	cc
5	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sleeps	conj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 noise	det
7	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hears	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sleeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	Dad					lightly property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hear	present	Dad not said here	every noise					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus

Example 7

How lightly, quickly, nimbly, wonderfully, she moved!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 lightly	advmod
2	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	6 nimbly	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 nimbly	punct
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	6 nimbly	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 nimbly	punct
6	nimbly	nimbly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wonderfully	punct
8	wonderfully	wonderfully	ADV	_	6 nimbly	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 moved	punct
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 moved	nsubj
11	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 nimbly	advcl
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 nimbly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	she						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 8

They have healed also the hurt of My people lightly, saying: 'Peace, peace', when there is no peace. (Prophets JER.6.14, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: They have healed also the hurt of My people lightly, saying: 'Peace, peace', when there is no peace.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 healed	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 healed	aux
3	healed	heal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	also	also	ADV	_	6 hurt	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hurt	det
6	hurt	hurt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 healed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 people	nmod:poss
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hurt	nmod
10	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	3 healed	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 saying	punct
12	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 healed	advcl
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 Peace	punct
14	'	'	PUNCT	_	15 Peace	punct
15	Peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 saying	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 peace	punct
17	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Peace	conj
18	',	',	PUNCT	_	15 Peace	punct
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 is	advmod
20	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	21 is	expl
21	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 saying	advcl
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	23 peace	det
23	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 is	nsubj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 healed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	heal	present · perfect	They	the hurt of My people		lightly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hurt=Patient
2	say speech: assert	gerund	They not said here	Peace and peace			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent peace=Topic
3	be	present	no peace		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	hurt		My people				nom hurt «state intransitive»: of=agent

Sentence 2: (Prophets JER.6.14, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	JER.6.14	JER.6.14	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JER.6.14	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JER.6.14	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 9

And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people lightly, saying: 'Peace, peace', when there is no peace. (Prophets JER.8.11, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people lightly, saying: 'Peace, peace', when there is no peace.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 healed	cc
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 healed	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 healed	aux
4	healed	heal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hurt	det
6	hurt	hurt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 healed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 daughter	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 daughter	det
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hurt	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 people	case
11	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 people	nmod:poss
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 daughter	nmod
13	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	4 healed	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 saying	punct
15	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 healed	advcl
16	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 Peace	punct
17	'	'	PUNCT	_	18 Peace	punct
18	Peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 saying	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 peace	punct
20	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 Peace	conj
21	',	',	PUNCT	_	18 Peace	punct
22	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	24 is	advmod
23	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	24 is	expl
24	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 saying	advcl
25	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	26 peace	det
26	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 is	nsubj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 healed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	heal	present · perfect	they	the hurt of the daughter of My people		lightly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hurt=Patient
2	say speech: assert	gerund	they not said here	Peace and peace			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent peace=Topic
3	be	present	no peace		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	hurt		the daughter of My people				nom hurt «state intransitive»: of=agent

Sentence 2: (Prophets JER.8.11, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	JER.8.11	JER.8.11	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JER.8.11	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JER.8.11	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 10

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that playeth the man of rank, and lacketh bread. (Writings PRO.12.9, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that playeth the man of rank, and lacketh bread.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 esteemed	cop
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 esteemed	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 esteemed	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 esteemed	aux:pass
6	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	7 esteemed	advmod
7	esteemed	esteem	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Better	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hath	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hath	cc
10	hath	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Better	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 servant	det
12	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hath	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 playeth	punct
14	than	than	SCONJ	_	17 playeth	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 playeth	nsubj
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 playeth	mark
17	playeth	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hath	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 man	det
19	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 playeth	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 rank	case
21	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 man	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 lacketh	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 lacketh	cc
24	lacketh	lack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 playeth	conj
25	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 lacketh	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Better	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present · passive		he	that nsubj:pass; esteem, lightly property	tree rules
2	have	present		a servant		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient
3	play	present	he	the man of rank		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
4	lack	present	he not said here	bread		tree rules

Sentence 2: (Writings PRO.12.9, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	PRO.12.9	PRO.12.9	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PRO.12.9	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PRO.12.9	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

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📖 lightly

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

Everyday, meaning 4

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