disdainfully
Who acts: you, he, Grumedan, She · What happens: show, think, be, say, look, sniff · To what, where: scornful way, someone · Speech: someone speaks here
«disdainfully» 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: disdainfully in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
In a scornful way, showing you think someone is beneath you.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 way | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 way | det |
| 3 | scornful | scornful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 way | amod |
| 4 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 showing | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 way | punct |
| 6 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 think | nsubj |
| 8 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 showing | ccomp |
| 9 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 think | obj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 you | cop |
| 11 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 12 you | case |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 someone | acl:relcl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 showing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | gerund | a scornful way | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | you | someone | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | present | beneath you | 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
“Oh, indeed,” he said disdainfully.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 2 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 8 said | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Oh | punct |
| 4 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 2 Oh | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Oh | punct |
| 6 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Oh | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | disdainfully | disdainfully | ADV | _ | 8 said | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | disdainfully property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
Grumedan looked on disdainfully.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grumedan | Grumedan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 looked | nsubj |
| 2 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 disdainfully | case |
| 4 | disdainfully | disdainfully | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 looked | obl |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 looked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | Grumedan | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on disdainfully=Theme |
Example 3
She sniffed disdainfully at the cheap cake.
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 sniffed | nsubj |
| 2 | sniffed | sniff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | disdainfully | disdainfully | ADV | _ | 2 sniffed | advmod |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 cake | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cake | det |
| 6 | cheap | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cake | amod |
| 7 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sniffed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sniffed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sniff | past | She | at the cheap cake; disdainfully property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at cake=Theme |
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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