deathly

Who acts: Deathly pale, deathly chill, island, She · What happens: mean, look, die, run down, be, go · To what, where: back, deathly silence, ghost

«deathly» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: deathly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Deathly means like death, cold and still.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deathly	deathly	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 death	case
4	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cold	punct
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 death	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 still	cc
8	still	still	ADV	_	6 cold	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						like death; deathly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V 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

«Deathly pale» means very white and ill-looking, as if dying.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 pale	punct
2	Deathly	deathly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pale	amod
3	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 pale	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 white	advmod
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 looking	cc
9	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 looking	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 ill	punct
11	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 white	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 dying	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 dying	mark
14	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 dying	mark
15	dying	die	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 looking	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	mean	present	Deathly pale	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	look	gerund	Deathly pale not said here	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	die a condition, not said to happen	gerund	Deathly pale not said here	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 1

A deathly chill ran down his back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chill	det
2	deathly	deathly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chill	amod
3	chill	chill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 ran	compound:prt
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 back	nmod:poss
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run down	past	a deathly chill	chill's back					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme back=Trajectory

Example 2

The island was in deathly silence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 island	det
2	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 silence	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 silence	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 silence	case
5	deathly	deathly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 silence	amod
6	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 silence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the island			deathly silence			tree rules

Example 3

She went deathly pale when she saw the ghost.

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	deathly	deathly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pale	amod
4	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 went	xcomp
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 saw	advmod
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	nsubj
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ghost	det
9	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saw	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	She					pale property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	past	she	the ghost					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ghost=Stimulus

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