blankly

Who acts: that, she, boy, He, teacher · What happens: show, say, stare, look, ask, not follow · To what, where: feeling, teacher, question · Speech: someone speaks here

«blankly» 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: blankly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a way that shows no feeling or understanding; with an empty look.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shows	obl
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 shows	nsubj
5	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 feeling	det
7	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shows	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 understanding	cc
9	understanding	understanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feeling	conj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 shows	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 look	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 look	det
13	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 look	amod
14	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shows	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	that	no feeling or understanding				with a empty look; in a way	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient in way=Topic

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

"What?" she said blankly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 What	punct
2	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 said	obj
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 What	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 What	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	blankly	blankly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 said	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she					blankly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Example 2

The boy stared blankly at the sum.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stared	nsubj
3	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	blankly	blankly	ADV	_	3 stared	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 sum	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sum	det
7	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stared	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	past	the boy					at the sum; blankly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sum=Theme

Example 3

He looked blankly at the teacher, who had asked a question he could not follow.

The tree, 15 words

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 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	blankly	blankly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 looked	xcomp
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 teacher	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looked	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 asked	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 asked	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 asked	aux
10	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 teacher	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 question	det
12	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asked	obj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 follow	nsubj
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 follow	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 follow	advmod
16	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 question	acl:relcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look	past	He		at the teacher; blankly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at teacher=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past · perfect · passive		the teacher		tree rules
3	not follow	could	teacher	a question not said here		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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