amicably
Who acts: two friends, Peter, They · What happens: mean, quarrell, settle, reply, share · To what, where: dispute, quarrel, cake · Speech: someone speaks here
«amicably» 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: amicably in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Amicably means in a friendly way, without quarrelling: «to settle a dispute amicably».
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amicably | amicably | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 way | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 way | det |
| 5 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 way | amod |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 quarrelling | punct |
| 8 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 9 quarrelling | mark |
| 9 | quarrelling | quarrell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 means | advcl |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 settle | punct |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 settle | punct |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 settle | mark |
| 13 | settle | settle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 quarrelling | ccomp |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 dispute | det |
| 15 | dispute | dispute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 settle | obj |
| 16 | amicably | amicably | ADV | _ | 13 settle | advmod |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 settle | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | in a friendly way; amicably property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | quarrell | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | settle in a quote | to-infinitive | a dispute | amicably property | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme dispute=Location |
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 two friends settled the quarrel amicably.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 friends | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 friends | nummod |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 settled | nsubj |
| 4 | settled | settle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 quarrel | det |
| 6 | quarrel | quarrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 settled | obj |
| 7 | amicably | amicably | ADV | _ | 4 settled | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 settled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | settle | past | the two friends | the quarrel | amicably property | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme quarrel=Location |
Example 2
«Hullo,» replied Peter amicably.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 replied | punct |
| 2 | Hullo | hullo | INTJ | _ | 5 replied | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Hullo | punct |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 replied | punct |
| 5 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 replied | nsubj |
| 7 | amicably | amicably | ADV | _ | 5 replied | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 replied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | past | Peter | amicably property | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
They shared the cake amicably.
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 | 2 shared | nsubj |
| 2 | shared | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cake | det |
| 4 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shared | obj |
| 5 | amicably | amicably | ADV | _ | 2 shared | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 shared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | past | They | the cake | amicably property | tree rules |
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