quietly

Who acts: you, She, He, cat, baby, We · What happens: make, close, help, speak, work, creep · To what, where: little, gentle low voice, door, hall, money, library · Speech: someone speaks here

«quietly» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 11 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: quietly in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Making little or no noise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Making	obj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 noise	cc
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 noise	det
5	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 little	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Making	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		little or no noise					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset little=Product

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.

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"Close the door quietly."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Close	punct
2	Close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Close	obj
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 Close	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Close	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Close	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close in a quote	imperative	you not said here	the door				quietly property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Everyday, meaning 2

Calmly, without fuss.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calmly	calmly	ADV	_	4 fuss	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Calmly	punct
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 fuss	case
4	fuss	fuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fuss	punct

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

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"She quietly helped."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 helped	punct
2	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 helped	nsubj
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	4 helped	advmod
4	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 helped	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 helped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help in a quote	past	She					quietly property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Everyday, meaning 3

In a gentle, low voice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	6 voice	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 voice	det
3	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 voice	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 gentle	punct
5	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 voice	amod
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 voice	punct

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

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"He spoke quietly."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 spoke	punct
2	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spoke	nsubj
3	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	3 spoke	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoke	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other in a quote	past	He					quietly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Please work quietly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 work	discourse
2	work	work	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 work	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	imperative	you not said here					quietly property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The cat crept quietly towards the bird.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crept	nsubj
3	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	3 crept	advmod
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 bird	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bird	det
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crept	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 crept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep	past	the cat					towards the bird; quietly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards bird=Destination

Example 3

Walk quietly in the hall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hall	det
5	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			the hall		quietly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Trajectory

Example 4

She spoke quietly so the baby could sleep.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 spoke	advmod
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 sleep	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 baby	det
6	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sleep	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sleep	aux
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 spoke	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	She					quietly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sleep	could	the baby						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

He quietly put the money back.

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	3 put	nsubj
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	3 put	advmod
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 money	det
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	3 put	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put back	past	He	the money				quietly property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent money=Goal

Example 6

Close the door quietly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Close	obj
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Close	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Close	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	imperative	you not said here	the door				quietly property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Example 7

We sat quietly in the library.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 sat	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 library	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 library	det
6	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	We			the library		quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in library=Location

Example 8

The snow fell quietly all night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Example 9

He lay down and quietly fell asleep.

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 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 lay	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fell	cc
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	6 fell	advmod
6	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lay	conj
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fell	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie down	past	He					down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fall	past	He not said here					asleep, quietly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 10

It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. (Writings LAM.3.26, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

The tree, 15 words

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	3 good	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 good	cop
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 wait	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wait	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 wait	aux
8	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	9 wait	advmod
9	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 good	csubj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 salvation	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 salvation	det
12	salvation	salvation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wait	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 LORD	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 LORD	det
15	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 salvation	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		good property	tree rules
2	wait	should	a man		for the salvation of the LORD; quietly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	salve			the LORD		nom salvation «act transitive»: of=patient

Sentence 2: (Writings LAM.3.26, 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	LAM.3.26	LAM.3.26	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 LAM.3.26	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 LAM.3.26	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 11

And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the groin, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. (Prophets 2SA.3.27, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the groin, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

The tree, 39 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 returned	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 returned	advmod
3	Abner	Abner	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 returned	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 returned	aux:pass
5	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 smote	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Hebron	case
7	Hebron	Hebron	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 returned	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 took	punct
9	Joab	Joab	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 took	nsubj
10	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 Hebron	acl:relcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 took	obj
12	aside	aside	ADV	_	10 took	advmod
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 midst	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 midst	det
15	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 took	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 gate	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 gate	det
18	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 midst	nmod
19	to	to	PART	_	20 speak	mark
20	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 took	advcl
21	with	with	ADP	_	22 him	case
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 speak	obl
23	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	20 speak	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 smote	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 smote	cc
26	smote	smote	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 smote	obj
28	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	26 smote	advmod
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 groin	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 groin	det
31	groin	groin	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 smote	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 died	punct
33	that	that	SCONJ	_	35 died	mark
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 died	nsubj
35	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 smote	parataxis
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 blood	punct
37	for	for	ADP	_	39 blood	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 blood	det
39	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 died	obl
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 Asahel	case
41	Asahel	Asahel	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 blood	nmod
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 brother	nmod:poss
43	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 died	obl
44	.	.	PUNCT	_	26 smote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	return	past · passive		Abner	Hebron			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hebron=Destination
2	take	past	Joab	Abner		the midst of the gate	aside property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into midst=Destination
3	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	Joab not said here				with Abner; quietly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent
4	smote	imperative	you not said here	Abner		the groin; there		tree rules
5	die	past	Joab	Joab's brother			for the blood of Asahel	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for blood=Theme

Sentence 2: (Prophets 2SA.3.27, 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	2SA.3.27	2SA.3.27	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Prophets	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 1917	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 1917	nmod:unmarked
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 2SA.3.27	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

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📖 quietly

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

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Example 11

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