contentedly
Who acts: happy calm way, you, We, baby · What happens: feel, have, purr, eat, sleep · To what, where: cat, picnic, grass
«contentedly» 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: contentedly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
In a happy, calm way, feeling pleased with what you have.
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 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 way | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 happy | punct |
| 5 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 way | amod |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 feeling | punct |
| 8 | feeling | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 way | acl |
| 9 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 feeling | xcomp |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 what | case |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 feeling | obl |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 have | nsubj |
| 13 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 what | acl:relcl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | gerund | a happy calm way not said here | with a happy calm way; pleased property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | have | present | you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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.
Example 1
The cat purred contentedly by the fire.
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 | root | root |
| 3 | purred | purr | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 cat | acl |
| 4 | contentedly | contentedly | ADV | _ | 3 purred | advmod |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 fire | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fire | det |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 purred | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purr | participle | the cat not said here | by the fire; contentedly property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location |
Example 2
We ate our picnic contentedly on the grass.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 ate | nsubj |
| 2 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 picnic | nmod:poss |
| 4 | picnic | picnic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ate | obj |
| 5 | contentedly | contentedly | ADV | _ | 2 ate | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 grass | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 grass | det |
| 8 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ate | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | We | our picnic | the grass | contentedly property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picnic=Patient |
Example 3
The baby slept contentedly all afternoon.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 slept | nsubj |
| 3 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | contentedly | contentedly | ADV | _ | 3 slept | advmod |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 afternoon | det |
| 6 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 slept | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 slept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | past | the baby | afternoon | contentedly property | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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