dismally
Who acts: cow, dog, she, rain · What happens: low, whine, lose, say, fall · To what, where: We · Speech: someone speaks here
«dismally» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: dismally in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
In a dismal way; sadly and gloomily, with no hope or cheer.
The tree, 12 words
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 | dismal | dismal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 way | amod |
| 4 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 sadly | punct |
| 6 | sadly | sadly | ADV | _ | 4 way | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 gloomily | cc |
| 8 | gloomily | gloomily | ADV | _ | 6 sadly | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 hope | punct |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 hope | case |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 hope | det |
| 12 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 way | parataxis |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 cheer | cc |
| 14 | cheer | cheer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hope | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 way | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The cow lowed dismally.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cow | det |
| 2 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lowed | nsubj |
| 3 | lowed | low | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | dismally | dismally | ADV | _ | 3 lowed | advmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | low | past | the cow | dismally property | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The dog whined dismally.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 whined | nsubj |
| 3 | whined | whine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | dismally | dismally | ADV | _ | 3 whined | advmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 whined | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whine | past | the dog | dismally property | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
"We're lost," she said dismally.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 lost | punct |
| 2 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | aux:pass |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | conj |
| 9 | dismally | dismally | ADV | _ | 8 said | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose in a quote | present · passive | We | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | she | dismally property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Example 4
The rain fell dismally all afternoon.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rain | det |
| 2 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fell | nsubj |
| 3 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | dismally | dismally | ADV | _ | 3 fell | advmod |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 afternoon | det |
| 6 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fell | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | the rain | afternoon | dismally property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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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