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somewhat

Who acts: I, test, weather, formal results, two pictures, She · What happens: use, make, be, improve, feel, go up · To what, where: statement, hold, Prophets · Speech: someone speaks here

«somewhat» in the English dictionary: its 2 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: somewhat in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

A little, to some degree, rather — not very much and not completely.

The tree, 12 words

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 degree	nmod:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 degree	punct
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 degree	case
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 degree	det
6	degree	degree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 much	punct
8	rather	rather	ADV	_	12 much	advmod
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	8 rather	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 much	advmod
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 much	advmod
12	much	much	ADV	_	6 degree	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 completely	cc
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 completely	advmod
15	completely	completely	ADV	_	12 much	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 degree	punct

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

Everyday, meaning 2

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Fairly; used to make a statement softer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fairly	fairly	ADV	_	3 used	advmod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Fairly	punct
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 statement	det
7	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
8	softer	soft	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 make	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle						fairly property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	to-infinitive		a statement				soft property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset statement=Product

Example 1

I was somewhat tired after the long walk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 tired	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tired	cop
3	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	4 tired	advmod
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 walk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walk	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 walk	amod
8	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tired	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	I				after the long walk	somewhat, tired property	tree rules

Example 2

The test was somewhat harder than last week's.

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 harder	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 harder	cop
4	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	5 harder	advmod
5	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 week	case
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 week	amod
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 harder	obl
9	's	's	PART	_	8 week	case
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 harder	punct

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

Example 3

The weather improved somewhat in the afternoon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weather	det
2	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 improved	nsubj
3	improved	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	3 improved	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 afternoon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 afternoon	det
7	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 improved	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 improved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	past	the weather				afternoon	somewhat property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 4

(formal) The results were somewhat unexpected.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 results	amod
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 results	det
5	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 unexpected	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 unexpected	cop
7	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	8 unexpected	advmod
8	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 unexpected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the formal results					somewhat, unexpected property	tree rules

Example 5

The two pictures are somewhat different.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pictures	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 pictures	nummod
3	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 different	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 different	cop
5	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	6 different	advmod
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 different	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the two pictures					different, somewhat property	tree rules

Example 6

She felt somewhat better after a drink of water.

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	2 felt	advmod
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 felt	xcomp
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 drink	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 drink	det
7	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drink	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	She				after a drink of water	good, somewhat property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 7

The price went up somewhat, but not much.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 price	det
2	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 went	compound:prt
5	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 much	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 much	cc
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	past	the price					somewhat property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 8

His story was somewhat hard to believe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 story	nmod:poss
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hard	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hard	cop
4	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	5 hard	advmod
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 believe	mark
7	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hard	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His story					hard, somewhat property	tree rules
2	believe	to-infinitive	His story not said here						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Example 9

Yamato relaxed his hold somewhat and said.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yamato	Yamato	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 relaxed	nsubj
2	relaxed	relax	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hold	nmod:poss
4	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relaxed	obj
5	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	2 relaxed	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 said	cc
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 relaxed	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 relaxed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relax	past	Yamato	Yamato's hold				somewhat property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hold=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	past	Yamato not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	hold		Yamato						nom hold «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 10

He said moreover: 'I have somewhat to say unto thee.' And she said: 'Say on.' (Prophets 1KI.2.14, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: He said moreover: 'I have somewhat to say unto thee.'

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	moreover	moreover	ADV	_	2 said	advmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 have	nsubj
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
8	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	10 say	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 say	mark
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 have	xcomp
11	unto	unto	ADP	_	12 thee	case
12	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	10 say	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct
14	'	'	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He					moreover property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	I						tree rules
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	I not said here					unto thee; somewhat property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: And she said: 'Say on.'

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Say	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 Say	punct
6	Say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
7	on	on	ADV	_	6 Say	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Say	punct
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 Say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert	infinitive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: (Prophets 1KI.2.14, 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	1KI.2.14	1KI.2.14	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 1KI.2.14	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

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