dolefully

Who acts: he, I, dog, She · What happens: mean, sigh, lose, say, look, sit down · To what, where: ball · Speech: someone speaks here

«dolefully» 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: dolefully in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Dolefully means in a sad, mournful way, as if very unhappy: he sighed dolefully.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dolefully	dolefully	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	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sad	punct
7	mournful	mournful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 unhappy	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 unhappy	mark
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 unhappy	mark
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 unhappy	advmod
13	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 sighed	punct
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sighed	nsubj
16	sighed	sigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 unhappy	conj
17	dolefully	dolefully	ADV	_	16 sighed	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						in a sad mournful way; dolefully property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	sigh	past	he					dolefully property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

"I lost my ball," he said dolefully.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 lost	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ball	nmod:poss
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	dolefully	dolefully	ADV	_	9 said	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose in a quote	past	I	my ball					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	past	he					dolefully property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 2

The dog looked dolefully at the empty bowl.

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 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dolefully	dolefully	ADV	_	3 looked	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 bowl	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bowl	det
7	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bowl	amod
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the dog					at the empty bowl; dolefully property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at bowl=Theme

Example 3

She sighed dolefully and sat down on the step.

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 sighed	nsubj
2	sighed	sigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dolefully	dolefully	ADV	_	2 sighed	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sat	cc
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sighed	conj
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 sat	compound:prt
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 step	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 step	det
9	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sighed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sigh	past	She					dolefully property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sit down	past	She not said here					on the step	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location

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