civilly

Who acts: he, Ogre, you · What happens: speak, be, say, receive, make, sit down · To what, where: polite respectful way, charge, me, him, Ogre · Speech: someone speaks here

«civilly» 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: civilly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a polite, respectful way; to speak civilly is to be well-mannered, even when cross or when in charge.

The tree, 20 words

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	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 polite	punct
5	respectful	respectful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mannered	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 speak	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	9 speak	mark
9	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	acl
10	civilly	civilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 speak	xcomp
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 mannered	cop
12	to	to	PART	_	16 mannered	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 mannered	cop
14	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 mannered	advmod
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 well	punct
16	mannered	mannered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 cross	punct
18	even	even	ADV	_	20 cross	advmod
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 cross	advmod
20	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 mannered	conj
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 when	cc
22	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 cross	conj
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 charge	case
24	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cross	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 mannered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	to-infinitive		civilly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	a polite respectful way	mannered, well property	tree rules
3	be		charge		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.

Example 1

«Speak to me more civilly,» he said.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Speak	punct
2	Speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	ccomp
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 me	case
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 Speak	obl
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 civilly	advmod
6	civilly	civilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Speak	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Speak	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Speak	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other in a quote	infinitive			me			civilly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to i=Co-Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 2

The Ogre received him civilly and made him sit down.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Ogre	det
2	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 received	nsubj
3	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 received	obj
5	civilly	civilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 received	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 made	cc
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 received	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 made	obj
9	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 made	xcomp
10	down	down	ADP	_	9 sit	compound:prt
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 received	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	receive	past	the Ogre	him = he	civilly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	make	past	the Ogre not said here	Ogre		tree rules
3	sit down	infinitive	Ogre not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Please answer me civilly, not rudely.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 answer	discourse
2	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 answer	obj
4	civilly	civilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 answer	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rudely	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 rudely	advmod
7	rudely	rudely	ADV	_	2 answer	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		me			civilly, rudely property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent i=Eventuality

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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