artfully

Who acts: you, anyone, He, one, fox, She · What happens: mean, get, want, notice, hide, find · To what, where: sweets, hen, corn, subject

«artfully» 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: artfully in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Artfully means in a clever, sly way, often to get what you want without anyone noticing.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Artfully	artfully	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
5	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 clever	punct
7	sly	sly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct
10	often	often	ADV	_	12 get	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 get	mark
12	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 get	obj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 want	nsubj
15	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 what	acl:relcl
16	without	without	SCONJ	_	18 noticing	mark
17	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	18 noticing	nsubj
18	noticing	notice	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 get	advcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present		in a clever sly way; artfully property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	get	to-infinitive		often property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
3	want	present	you		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	notice	gerund	anyone		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 artfully hid the sweets so that no one could find them.

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 hid	nsubj
2	artfully	artfully	ADV	_	3 hid	advmod
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sweets	det
5	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hid	obj
6	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 find	mark
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 so	fixed
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 find	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 find	aux
11	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hid	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 find	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He	the sweets				artfully property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient
2	find	could	no one	sweets = sweet					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Example 2

The fox artfully asked the hen to fetch the corn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	nsubj
3	artfully	artfully	ADV	_	4 asked	advmod
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hen	det
6	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fetch	mark
8	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 asked	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 corn	det
10	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fetch	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the fox		the hen			artfully property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent hen=Recipient clause=Topic
2	fetch not said to happen	to-infinitive	the fox not said here	the corn					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Theme

Example 3

She artfully changed the subject.

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 changed	nsubj
2	artfully	artfully	ADV	_	3 changed	advmod
3	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 subject	det
5	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changed	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	She	the subject				artfully property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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