shrewdly
Who acts: you, landlord, Odysseus, She · What happens: act, be, judge, go on, want, gain · To what, where: something, answer · Speech: someone speaks here
«shrewdly» in the English 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: shrewdly in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
To act shrewdly is to think quickly and clearly and judge well what is going on, especially when you want to gain something.
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 act | mark |
| 2 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 think | advcl |
| 3 | shrewdly | shrewdly | ADV | _ | 2 act | advmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 think | cop |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 think | mark |
| 6 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 6 think | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 clearly | cc |
| 9 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 7 quickly | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 judge | cc |
| 11 | judge | judge | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 think | conj |
| 12 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 judge | advmod |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 going | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 going | aux |
| 15 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 judge | ccomp |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 going | compound:prt |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 want | punct |
| 18 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 21 want | advmod |
| 19 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 want | advmod |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 want | nsubj |
| 21 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 think | parataxis |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 gain | mark |
| 23 | gain | gain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 want | xcomp |
| 24 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 23 gain | obj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | to-infinitive | shrewdly property | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | quickly, think property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | judge | infinitive | well property | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | go on | present · progressive | what nsubj | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | want | present | you | especially property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 6 | gain not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | something | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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.
Example 1
The landlord said shrewdly what he thought.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 landlord | det |
| 2 | landlord | landlord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | shrewdly | shrewdly | ADV | _ | 5 what | advmod |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 said | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 thought | nsubj |
| 7 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | acl:relcl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the landlord | what obj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | landlord | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
Odysseus shrewdly worked out who the stranger was.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odysseus | Odysseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 worked | nsubj |
| 2 | shrewdly | shrewdly | ADV | _ | 3 worked | advmod |
| 3 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 worked | compound:prt |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 was | nsubj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stranger | det |
| 7 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 was | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 worked | ccomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 worked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work out | past | Odysseus | shrewdly property | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | be | past | who nsubj; the stranger nsubj | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
She shrewdly guessed the answer.
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 | 3 guessed | nsubj |
| 2 | shrewdly | shrewdly | ADV | _ | 3 guessed | advmod |
| 3 | guessed | guess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 guessed | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 guessed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guess | past | She | the answer | shrewdly property | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |
Text: the English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader, each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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