candidly
Who acts: honest open way, you, I, She, her, birds · What happens: say, think, not like, speak, fear, be · To what, where: soup · Speech: someone speaks here
«candidly» 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: candidly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
In an honest, open way, saying what you really think.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 6 way | case |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 way | det |
| 3 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 way | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 honest | punct |
| 5 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 way | amod |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 saying | punct |
| 8 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 way | acl |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 think | obj |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 think | nsubj |
| 11 | really | really | ADV | _ | 12 think | advmod |
| 12 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 saying | ccomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | a honest open way not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | you | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
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
Candidly, I do not like the soup.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Candidly | candidly | ADV | _ | 6 like | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Candidly | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 like | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 like | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 like | advmod |
| 6 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 soup | det |
| 8 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 like | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 like | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | present · do-support | I | the soup | candidly property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot soup=Theme |
Example 2
She spoke candidly about her fears.
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 spoke | nsubj |
| 2 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | candidly | candidly | ADV | _ | 2 spoke | advmod |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 fears | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 fears | nmod:poss |
| 6 | fears | fear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 spoke | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 spoke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | She | about her fears; candidly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about fear=Topic | ||||
| 2 | fear | her = she | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 3
To speak candidly, the birds are odd.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 speak | mark |
| 2 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | candidly | candidly | ADV | _ | 2 speak | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 odd | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 birds | det |
| 6 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 odd | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 odd | cop |
| 8 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 speak | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 speak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | to-infinitive | candidly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the birds | odd property | tree rules |
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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