doggedly Who acts: Ben, explorers, Mole, wood, She, tortoise · What happens: go on, not give up, be, work, get, trudge · To what, where: division, snow, path, Mole, seat, team · Speech: someone speaks here
«doggedly» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 8 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: doggedly in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 In a stubborn, determined way; going on and not giving up, even when it is hard.
The tree, 16 words case det amod punct amod punct appos compound:prt cc advmod conj compound:prt punct advmod advmod expl cop conj punct root In ADP a DET stubborn ADJ , PUNCT determined ADJ way NOUN ; PUNCT going VERB on ADP and CCONJ not PART giving VERB up ADP , PUNCT even ADV when ADV it PRON is AUX hard ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 6 way case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 way det 3 stubborn stubborn ADJ Degree=Pos 6 way amod 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 stubborn punct 5 determined determined ADJ Degree=Pos 6 way amod 6 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 8 going punct 8 going go VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 way appos 9 on on ADP _ 8 going compound:prt 10 and and CCONJ _ 12 giving cc 11 not not PART Polarity=Neg 12 giving advmod 12 giving give VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 going conj 13 up up ADP _ 12 giving compound:prt 14 , , PUNCT _ 19 hard punct 15 even even ADV _ 19 hard advmod 16 when when ADV PronType=Int 19 hard advmod 17 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 hard expl 18 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 hard cop 19 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 8 going conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 6 way punct
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1 go on gerund vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 not give up gerund vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is present hard 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.
Example 1 Ben worked doggedly at his long division until he got it right.
nsubj advmod case nmod:poss amod obl mark nsubj advcl obj xcomp punct root Ben PROPN worked VERB doggedly ADV at ADP his PRON long ADJ division NOUN until SCONJ he PRON got VERB it PRON right ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 2 worked nsubj 2 worked work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 doggedly doggedly ADV _ 2 worked advmod 4 at at ADP _ 7 division case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 division nmod:poss 6 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 7 division amod 7 division division NOUN Number=Sing 2 worked obl 8 until until SCONJ _ 10 got mark 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 got nsubj 10 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 worked advcl 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 got obj 12 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 10 got xcomp 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 worked punct
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1 work past Ben at Ben's long division; doggedly property vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at division=Theme 2 get past Ben division right property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
Example 2 The explorers trudged doggedly through the snow.
det nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET explorers NOUN trudged VERB doggedly ADV through ADP the DET snow NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 explorers det 2 explorers explorer NOUN Number=Plur 3 trudged nsubj 3 trudged trudge VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 doggedly doggedly ADV _ 3 trudged advmod 5 through through ADP _ 7 snow case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 snow det 7 snow snow NOUN Number=Sing 3 trudged obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 trudged punct
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1 trudge past the explorers the snow doggedly property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through snow=Trajectory
Example 3 Mole doggedly followed the path even though the wood frightened him.
nsubj advmod det obj advmod mark det nsubj advcl obj punct root Mole PROPN doggedly ADV followed VERB the DET path NOUN even ADV though SCONJ the DET wood NOUN frightened VERB him PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mole Mole PROPN Number=Sing 3 followed nsubj 2 doggedly doggedly ADV _ 3 followed advmod 3 followed follow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 path det 5 path path NOUN Number=Sing 3 followed obj 6 even even ADV _ 10 frightened advmod 7 though though SCONJ _ 10 frightened mark 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 wood det 9 wood wood NOUN Number=Sing 10 frightened nsubj 10 frightened frighten VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 followed advcl 11 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 frightened obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 followed punct
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1 follow past Mole the path doggedly property vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme 2 frighten past the wood Mole vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
Example 4 She doggedly refused to give up her seat on the team.
nsubj advmod mark xcomp compound:prt nmod:poss obj case det obl punct root She PRON doggedly ADV refused VERB to PART give VERB up ADP her PRON seat NOUN on ADP the DET team NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 refused nsubj 2 doggedly doggedly ADV _ 3 refused advmod 3 refused refuse VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 give mark 5 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 refused xcomp 6 up up ADP _ 5 give compound:prt 7 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 seat nmod:poss 8 seat seat NOUN Number=Sing 5 give obj 9 on on ADP _ 11 team case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 team det 11 team team NOUN Number=Sing 5 give obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 refused punct
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1 refuse past She doggedly property vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 not give up to-infinitive She not said here her seat the team vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Source
Example 5 The tortoise plodded doggedly on and won the race.
det nsubj advmod advmod cc conj det obj punct root The DET tortoise NOUN plodded VERB doggedly ADV on ADV and CCONJ won VERB the DET race NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 tortoise det 2 tortoise tortoise NOUN Number=Sing 3 plodded nsubj 3 plodded plod VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 doggedly doggedly ADV _ 5 on advmod 5 on on ADV _ 3 plodded advmod 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 won cc 7 won win VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 plodded conj 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 race det 9 race race NOUN Number=Sing 7 won obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 plodded punct
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1 plod past the tortoise vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 win past the tortoise not said here the race vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality
Example 6 The rescue workers dug doggedly through the night.
det compound nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET rescue NOUN workers NOUN dug VERB doggedly ADV through ADP the DET night NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 workers det 2 rescue rescue NOUN Number=Sing 3 workers compound 3 workers worker NOUN Number=Plur 4 dug nsubj 4 dug dig VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 doggedly doggedly ADV _ 4 dug advmod 6 through through ADP _ 8 night case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 night det 8 night night NOUN Number=Sing 4 dug obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 dug punct
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1 dig past the rescue workers night doggedly property vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 He practised his spellings doggedly every evening.
nsubj nmod:poss obj advmod det obl:unmarked punct root He PRON practised VERB his PRON spellings NOUN doggedly ADV every DET evening NOUN . PUNCT 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 practised nsubj 2 practised practise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 spellings nmod:poss 4 spellings spelling NOUN Number=Plur 2 practised obj 5 doggedly doggedly ADV _ 2 practised advmod 6 every every DET PronType=Tot 7 evening det 7 evening evening NOUN Number=Sing 2 practised obl:unmarked 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 practised punct
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1 practise past He his spellings evening doggedly property tree rules 2 spell his = he nom spelling «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 8 “I’ll swing before I go in there,” replied Starkey doggedly, and again he had the support of the crew.
The tree, 20 words punct nsubj aux ccomp mark nsubj advcl advmod advmod punct punct nsubj advmod punct cc advmod nsubj conj det obj case det nmod punct root “ PUNCT I PRON ’ll AUX swing VERB before SCONJ I PRON go VERB in ADV there ADV , PUNCT ” PUNCT replied VERB Starkey PROPN doggedly ADV , PUNCT and CCONJ again ADV he PRON had VERB the DET support NOUN of ADP the DET crew NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 “ " PUNCT _ 4 swing punct 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 swing nsubj 3 ’ll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 swing aux 4 swing swing VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 replied ccomp 5 before before SCONJ _ 7 go mark 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 go nsubj 7 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 swing advcl 8 in in ADV _ 7 go advmod 9 there there ADV PronType=Dem 7 go advmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 7 go punct 11 ” " PUNCT _ 4 swing punct 12 replied reply VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 13 Starkey Starkey PROPN Number=Sing 12 replied nsubj 14 doggedly doggedly ADV _ 12 replied advmod 15 , , PUNCT _ 19 had punct 16 and and CCONJ _ 19 had cc 17 again again ADV _ 19 had advmod 18 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 had nsubj 19 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 replied conj 20 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 21 support det 21 support support NOUN Number=Sing 19 had obj 22 of of ADP _ 24 crew case 23 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 24 crew det 24 crew crew NOUN Number=Sing 21 support nmod 25 . . PUNCT _ 12 replied punct
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1 swing in a quote future Starkey vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 go in in a quote present Starkey there vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 reply speech: assert past Starkey doggedly property vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 4 have past Starkey the support of the crew again vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent support=Patient 5 support the crew nom support «act transitive»: of=patient
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