diffidently

Who acts: I, she, He, drawing, his, Tom · What happens: mean, want, push, come, ask, hold out · To what, where: yourself, drawing, hand · Speech: someone speaks here

«diffidently» 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: diffidently in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Diffidently means in a shy, unsure way, without much confidence and without wanting to push yourself forward.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Diffidently	diffidently	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
5	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shy	punct
7	unsure	unsure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 confidence	punct
10	without	without	ADP	_	12 confidence	case
11	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 confidence	amod
12	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wanting	cc
14	without	without	SCONJ	_	15 wanting	mark
15	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 confidence	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 push	mark
17	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 wanting	xcomp
18	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	17 push	obj
19	forward	forward	ADV	_	17 push	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present		in a shy unsure way; diffidently property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	want	gerund			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	push not said to happen	to-infinitive	yourself	forward property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme

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

"May I come too?" she asked diffidently.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
2	May	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 come	nsubj
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	too	too	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 asked	nsubj
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 come	parataxis
10	diffidently	diffidently	ADV	_	9 asked	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	may	I						tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	past	she					diffidently property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

He held out his drawing diffidently, unsure if it was good.

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 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 held	compound:prt
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 drawing	nmod:poss
5	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obj
6	diffidently	diffidently	ADV	_	2 held	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 unsure	punct
8	unsure	unsure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 held	parataxis
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 good	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 good	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 good	cop
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 unsure	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hold out	past	He	his drawing	diffidently property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drawing=Theme
2	is a condition, not said to happen	past	drawing		good property	tree rules
3	draw		his = he			nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Tom coughed diffidently before he raised his hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 coughed	nsubj
2	coughed	cough	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	diffidently	diffidently	ADV	_	2 coughed	advmod
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 raised	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 raised	nsubj
6	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 coughed	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hand	nmod:poss
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raised	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 coughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cough	past	Tom					diffidently property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	raise	past	Tom	Tom's hand					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

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