askance Who acts: Askance, old ladies, teacher, Badger, People, She · What happens: look, be, mean, excuse, glance, eye · To what, where: corner, dog
«askance» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: askance in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To look askance at something or someone is to look at them with doubt, suspicion or disapproval.
The tree, 17 words mark advcl xcomp case obl cc conj cop mark case obl case obl punct conj cc conj punct root To PART look VERB askance ADJ at ADP something PRON or CCONJ someone PRON is AUX to PART look VERB at ADP them PRON with ADP doubt NOUN , PUNCT suspicion NOUN or CCONJ disapproval NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 look mark 2 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 look advcl 3 askance askance ADJ Degree=Pos 2 look xcomp 4 at at ADP _ 5 something case 5 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 look obl 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 someone cc 7 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 something conj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 look cop 9 to to PART _ 10 look mark 10 look look VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 11 at at ADP _ 12 them case 12 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 look obl 13 with with ADP _ 14 doubt case 14 doubt doubt NOUN Number=Sing 10 look obl 15 , , PUNCT _ 16 suspicion punct 16 suspicion suspicion NOUN Number=Sing 14 doubt conj 17 or or CCONJ _ 18 disapproval cc 18 disapproval disapproval NOUN Number=Sing 14 doubt conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 10 look punct
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1 look to-infinitive at something; askance property vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at something=Theme 2 is present at them = they ; with doubt and suspicion or disapproval; look property 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.
Meaning 2 Usage: old — kept apart, not parsed.
Askance means sideways, out of the corner of your eye.
nsubj advmod punct case case det obl case nmod:poss nmod punct root Askance NOUN means VERB sideways ADV , PUNCT out ADP of ADP the DET corner NOUN of ADP your PRON eye NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Askance askance NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 sideways sideways ADV _ 2 means advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 corner punct 5 out out ADP _ 8 corner case 6 of of ADP _ 8 corner case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 corner det 8 corner corner NOUN Number=Sing 2 means obl 9 of of ADP _ 11 eye case 10 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 eye nmod:poss 11 eye eye NOUN Number=Sing 8 corner nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Askance the corner of your eye sideways property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The old ladies looked askance at the noisy children.
det amod nsubj advmod case det amod obl punct root The DET old ADJ ladies NOUN looked VERB askance ADV at ADP the DET noisy ADJ children NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 ladies det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 ladies amod 3 ladies lady NOUN Number=Plur 4 looked nsubj 4 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 askance askance ADV _ 4 looked advmod 6 at at ADP _ 9 children case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 children det 8 noisy noisy ADJ Degree=Pos 9 children amod 9 children child NOUN Number=Plur 4 looked obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 looked punct
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1 look past the old ladies at the noisy children; askance property vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at child=Theme
Example 2 The teacher looked askance at his excuse.
det nsubj advmod case nmod:poss obl punct root The DET teacher NOUN looked VERB askance ADV at ADP his PRON excuse NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 teacher det 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 looked nsubj 3 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 askance askance ADV _ 3 looked advmod 5 at at ADP _ 7 excuse case 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 excuse nmod:poss 7 excuse excuse NOUN Number=Sing 3 looked obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 looked punct
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1 look past the teacher at teacher's excuse; askance property vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at excuse=Theme 2 excuse teacher nom excuse «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 3 Badger looked askance at Toad's new hobby.
nsubj advmod case nmod:poss case amod obl punct root Badger PROPN looked VERB askance ADV at ADP Toad PROPN 's PART new ADJ hobby NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Badger Badger PROPN Number=Sing 2 looked nsubj 2 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 askance askance ADV _ 2 looked advmod 4 at at ADP _ 8 hobby case 5 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 8 hobby nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 Toad case 7 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 8 hobby amod 8 hobby hobby NOUN Number=Sing 2 looked obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 looked punct
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1 look past Badger at Toad's new hobby; askance property vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at hobby=Theme
Example 4 People looked askance at the strange visitor.
nsubj advmod case det amod obl punct root People NOUN looked VERB askance ADV at ADP the DET strange ADJ visitor NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 People people NOUN Number=Plur 2 looked nsubj 2 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 askance askance ADV _ 2 looked advmod 4 at at ADP _ 7 visitor case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 visitor det 6 strange strange ADJ Degree=Pos 7 visitor amod 7 visitor visitor NOUN Number=Sing 2 looked obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 looked punct
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1 look past People at the strange visitor; askance property vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at visitor=Theme
Example 5 She glanced askance at the plate of snails.
nsubj advmod case det obl case nmod punct root She PRON glanced VERB askance ADV at ADP the DET plate NOUN of ADP snails NOUN . PUNCT 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 glanced nsubj 2 glanced glance VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 askance askance ADV _ 2 glanced advmod 4 at at ADP _ 6 plate case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 plate det 6 plate plate NOUN Number=Sing 2 glanced obl 7 of of ADP _ 8 snails case 8 snails snail NOUN Number=Plur 6 plate nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 glanced punct
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1 glance past She at the plate of snails; askance property vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at plate=Theme
Example 6 The cat eyed the dog askance.
det nsubj det obj xcomp punct root The DET cat NOUN eyed VERB the DET dog NOUN askance ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cat det 2 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 3 eyed nsubj 3 eyed eye VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 dog det 5 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 3 eyed obj 6 askance askance ADJ Degree=Pos 3 eyed xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 eyed punct
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1 eye past the cat the dog askance property vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus
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