derisively

Who acts: way, you, they, He, she, crowd · What happens: mock, show, think, be, laugh, not win · To what, where: someone, runner · Speech: someone speaks here

«derisively» 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: derisively in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a way that mocks someone and shows you think they are silly, weak or wrong.

The tree, 16 words

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	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 mocks	nsubj
5	mocks	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 way	acl:relcl
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 mocks	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 shows	cc
8	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mocks	conj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 think	nsubj
10	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shows	ccomp
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 silly	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 silly	cop
13	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 think	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 weak	punct
15	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 silly	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 wrong	cc
17	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 silly	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mock	present	a way	someone		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	show	present	a way not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	think speech: other	present	you			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	they		silly property	tree rules
5	be		they not said here			tree rules
6	be		they not said here			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

He laughed derisively at the little boy.

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	derisively	derisively	ADV	_	2 laughed	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 boy	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boy	amod
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He					at the little boy; derisively property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

"You will never win," she said derisively.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 win	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 win	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 win	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 win	advmod
5	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 win	conj
10	derisively	derisively	ADV	_	9 said	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 win	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not win in a quote	future	You						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	she					derisively property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The crowd jeered derisively at the runner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crowd	det
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jeered	nsubj
3	jeered	jeer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	derisively	derisively	ADV	_	3 jeered	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 runner	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 runner	det
7	runner	runner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jeered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 jeered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jeer	past	the crowd			the runner		derisively property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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