absurdly

Who acts: people, way, He, She, Mum · What happens: think, be, jump about, dress, not behave, say · To what, where: silly way, one leg · Speech: someone speaks here

«absurdly» in the school 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: absurdly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a silly or ridiculous way, so that people think it is foolish or unreasonable.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	6 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
3	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 ridiculous	cc
5	ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 silly	conj
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 think	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct
8	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 think	mark
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 so	fixed
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 think	nsubj
11	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 foolish	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 foolish	cop
14	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 think	ccomp
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 unreasonable	cc
16	unreasonable	unreasonable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 foolish	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	people	a silly way		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	way		foolish property	tree rules
3	be		way not said here			tree rules

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

He jumped about absurdly on one leg.

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 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADV	_	4 absurdly	advmod
4	absurdly	absurdly	ADV	_	2 jumped	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 leg	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 leg	nummod
7	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jumped	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 jumped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump about	past	He			one leg		absurdly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory

Example 2

She dressed absurdly for the party.

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 dressed	nsubj
2	dressed	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	absurdly	absurdly	ADV	_	2 dressed	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 party	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 party	det
6	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dressed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	past	She					for the party; absurdly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

"Don't behave so absurdly," said Mum.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 behave	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 behave	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 behave	advmod
4	behave	behave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 absurdly	advmod
6	absurdly	absurdly	ADV	_	4 behave	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 behave	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 behave	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not behave in a quote	infinitive · do-support						absurdly property	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	Mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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