childishly Who acts: silly immature way, two men, He, She, Grandad, you · What happens: not be, say, argue, refuse, not share, stamp · To what, where: age, remote, foot, own joke, twelve · Speech: someone speaks here
«childishly» 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: childishly in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 In a silly, immature way that is not right for someone's age (said of older children and adults, usually as criticism).
The tree, 22 words case det amod punct amod nsubj cop advmod acl:relcl case nmod:poss case obl punct acl case amod obl cc conj punct advmod case parataxis punct punct root In ADP a DET silly ADJ , PUNCT immature ADJ way NOUN that PRON is AUX not PART right ADJ for ADP someone PRON 's PART age NOUN ( PUNCT said VERB of ADP older ADJ children NOUN and CCONJ adults NOUN , PUNCT usually ADV as ADP criticism NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 6 way case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 way det 3 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 6 way amod 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 silly punct 5 immature immature ADJ Degree=Pos 6 way amod 6 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 right nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 right cop 9 not not PART Polarity=Neg 10 right advmod 10 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 6 way acl:relcl 11 for for ADP _ 14 age case 12 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 14 age nmod:poss 13 's 's PART _ 12 someone case 14 age age NOUN Number=Sing 10 right obl 15 ( ( PUNCT _ 16 said punct 16 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 14 age acl 17 of of ADP _ 19 children case 18 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp 19 children amod 19 children child NOUN Number=Plur 16 said obl 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 adults cc 21 adults adult NOUN Number=Plur 19 children conj 22 , , PUNCT _ 25 criticism punct 23 usually usually ADV _ 25 criticism advmod 24 as as ADP _ 25 criticism case 25 criticism criticism NOUN Number=Sing 10 right parataxis 26 ) ) PUNCT _ 10 right punct 27 . . PUNCT _ 6 way punct
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1 not is present a silly immature way for someone's age right property tree rules 2 say speech: assert participle someone's age not said here of older children and adults vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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 In a way like a child, simply and innocently (childishly happy).
The tree, 11 words case det obl case det nmod punct advmod cc conj punct advmod punct punct root In ADP a DET way NOUN like ADP a DET child NOUN , PUNCT simply ADV and CCONJ innocently ADV ( PUNCT childishly ADV happy ADJ ) PUNCT . PUNCT 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 13 happy obl 4 like like ADP _ 6 child case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 child det 6 child child NOUN Number=Sing 3 way nmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 3 way punct 8 simply simply ADV _ 13 happy advmod 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 innocently cc 10 innocently innocently ADV _ 8 simply conj 11 ( ( PUNCT _ 13 happy punct 12 childishly childishly ADV _ 13 happy advmod 13 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 13 happy punct 15 . . PUNCT _ 13 happy punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1 The two men argued childishly over a parking space.
det nummod nsubj advmod case det compound obl punct root The DET two NUM men NOUN argued VERB childishly ADV over ADP a DET parking NOUN space NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 men det 2 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 men nummod 3 men man NOUN Number=Plur 4 argued nsubj 4 argued argue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 childishly childishly ADV _ 4 argued advmod 6 over over ADP _ 9 space case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 space det 8 parking parking NOUN Number=Sing 9 space compound 9 space space NOUN Number=Sing 4 argued obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 argued punct
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1 argue speech: disagree past the two men over a parking space; childishly property vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over space=Theme
Example 2 He childishly refused to share the remote.
nsubj advmod mark xcomp det obj punct root He PRON childishly ADV refused VERB to PART share VERB the DET remote NOUN . PUNCT 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 refused nsubj 2 childishly childishly ADV _ 3 refused advmod 3 refused refuse VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 share mark 5 share share VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 refused xcomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 remote det 7 remote remote NOUN Number=Sing 5 share obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 refused punct
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1 refuse past He childishly property vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 not share to-infinitive He not said here the remote tree rules
Example 3 She stamped her foot childishly and stormed off.
nsubj nmod:poss obj advmod cc conj compound:prt punct root She PRON stamped VERB her PRON foot NOUN childishly ADV and CCONJ stormed VERB off ADP . 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 stamped nsubj 2 stamped stamp VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 foot nmod:poss 4 foot foot NOUN Number=Sing 2 stamped obj 5 childishly childishly ADV _ 2 stamped advmod 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 stormed cc 7 stormed storm VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 stamped conj 8 off off ADP _ 7 stormed compound:prt 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 stamped punct
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1 stamp past She her foot childishly property vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination 2 storm off participle She not said here vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
Example 4 Grandad laughed childishly at his own joke.
nsubj advmod case nmod:poss amod obl punct root Grandad PROPN laughed VERB childishly ADV at ADP his PRON own ADJ joke NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 2 laughed nsubj 2 laughed laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 childishly childishly ADV _ 2 laughed advmod 4 at at ADP _ 7 joke case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 joke nmod:poss 6 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 7 joke amod 7 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 2 laughed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 laughed punct
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1 laugh past Grandad Grandad's own joke childishly property vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 joke Grandad nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 5 Stop behaving so childishly; you're twelve!
xcomp advmod advmod punct nsubj cop parataxis punct root Stop VERB behaving VERB so ADV childishly ADV ; PUNCT you PRON 're AUX twelve NUM ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stop stop VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 behaving behave VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Stop xcomp 3 so so ADV _ 4 childishly advmod 4 childishly childishly ADV _ 2 behaving advmod 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 8 twelve punct 6 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 twelve nsubj 7 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 twelve cop 8 twelve twelve NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 1 Stop parataxis 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Stop punct
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1 stop imperative you not said here vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 behave gerund you not said here childishly property vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent 3 is a present you twelve tree rules
Example 6 They were childishly excited about the snow.
nsubj cop advmod case det obl punct root They PRON were AUX childishly ADV excited ADJ about ADP the DET snow NOUN . PUNCT 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 4 excited nsubj 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 excited cop 3 childishly childishly ADV _ 4 excited advmod 4 excited excited ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 about about ADP _ 7 snow case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 snow det 7 snow snow NOUN Number=Sing 4 excited obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 excited punct
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1 is past They about the snow; childishly, excited property tree rules
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