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decently

Who acts: people, you, She, workers, We, He · What happens: mean, think, be, pay, wear, not show · To what, where: polite way, enough clothes, everyone, test, you, visitors · Speech: someone speaks here

«decently» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: decently in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Decently means in a polite, fair and respectable way that people think is right.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Decently	decently	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	10 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 way	det
5	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fair	punct
7	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 polite	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 respectable	cc
9	respectable	respectable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 polite	conj
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 think	obj
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 think	nsubj
13	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 way	acl:relcl
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 think	ccomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						in a polite way; decently property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	think speech: other	present	people	a polite way					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme
3	is	present						right property	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.

Meaning 2

Decently can mean well enough or fairly well: «decently paid».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Decently	decently	ADV	_	3 mean	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 mean	advmod
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	3 mean	advmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 fairly	cc
7	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	5 enough	conj
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 fairly	fixed
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 paid	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 paid	punct
11	decently	decently	ADV	_	12 paid	advmod
12	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mean	parataxis
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 paid	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can						decently, enough, well property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pay in a quote	participle						decently property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Decently can mean wearing enough clothes, not showing too much.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Decently	decently	ADV	_	3 mean	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	wearing	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 mean	xcomp
5	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 clothes	amod
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 wearing	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 showing	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 showing	advmod
9	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 wearing	conj
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 much	advmod
11	much	much	ADV	_	9 showing	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can						decently property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wear not said to happen	gerund		enough clothes					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source
3	not show	gerund							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Please treat everyone decently.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 treat	discourse
2	treat	treat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 treat	obj
4	decently	decently	ADV	_	2 treat	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 treat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	imperative	you not said here		everyone			decently property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Example 2

She did decently in the test.

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 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	decently	decently	ADV	_	2 did	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 test	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 test	det
6	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	She			the test		decently property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The workers wanted to be decently paid.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 workers	det
2	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	7 paid	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 paid	aux:pass
6	decently	decently	ADV	_	7 paid	advmod
7	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wanted	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the workers						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	pay not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	the workers not said here					decently property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»

Example 4

Are you decently dressed? We have visitors.

Sentence 1: Are you decently dressed?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dressed	aux:pass
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 dressed	nsubj
3	decently	decently	ADV	_	4 dressed	advmod
4	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	present · passive		you				decently property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Sentence 2: We have visitors.

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 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	We	visitors					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visitor=Patient

Example 5

He behaved decently after losing.

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	2 behaved	nsubj
2	behaved	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	decently	decently	ADV	_	2 behaved	advmod
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 losing	mark
5	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 behaved	advcl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 behaved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behave	past	He					decently property	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	lose	gerund	He not said here						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

The town looked after its poor decently.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 poor	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 poor	nmod:poss
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	obl
7	decently	decently	ADV	_	3 looked	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the town				after town's poor	decently property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 7

Some say it was the fatigue that killed her, but whichever it was, Mrs. Connor was decently buried with her own people.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fatigue	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fatigue	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fatigue	det
6	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	ccomp
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 killed	nsubj
8	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fatigue	acl:relcl
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 killed	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 buried	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 buried	cc
12	whichever	whichever	SCONJ	_	14 was	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 was	nsubj
14	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 buried	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 was	punct
16	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 buried	nsubj:pass
17	Connor	Connor	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Mrs.	flat
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 buried	aux:pass
19	decently	decently	ADV	_	20 buried	advmod
20	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 say	advcl
21	with	with	ADP	_	24 people	case
22	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 people	nmod:poss
23	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 people	amod
24	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 buried	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Some						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	the fatigue					tree rules
3	kill	past	the fatigue	her = she					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
4	be	past	fatigue						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	bury	past · passive		Mrs.				with Mrs.'s own people; decently property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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