downright

Who acts: adverb, That, It, He, everyone · What happens: mean, use, strengthen, be, know · To what, where: word, cave, downright liar, liar

«downright» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: downright in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Downright means complete or total, used to strengthen a word, often a bad one: a downright lie.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Downright	downright	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 total	cc
5	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 complete	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 used	punct
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 complete	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 strengthen	mark
9	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 used	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 word	det
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 strengthen	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 one	punct
13	often	often	ADV	_	16 one	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 one	det
15	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 one	amod
16	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 word	appos
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	20 lie	punct
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 lie	det
19	downright	downright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 lie	amod
20	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present		complete, downright property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	use	participle			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	strengthen	to-infinitive	a word		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent word=Patient

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.

Meaning 2

Downright as an adverb means completely or thoroughly: downright cold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Downright	downright	ADV	_	5 means	advmod
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 means	mark
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adverb	det
4	adverb	adverb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	completely	completely	ADV	_	5 means	advmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 thoroughly	cc
8	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	_	6 completely	conj
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 cold	punct
10	downright	downright	ADV	_	11 cold	advmod
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	a adverb					completely, downright property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

That is downright rude of you!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 rude	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rude	cop
3	downright	downright	ADV	_	4 rude	advmod
4	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 you	case
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 rude	obl
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 rude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					of you; downright, rude property	tree rules

Example 2

It was downright cold in the cave.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cold	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cold	cop
3	downright	downright	ADV	_	4 cold	advmod
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cave	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cave	det
7	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cold	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It			the cave		cold, downright property	tree rules

Example 3

He was a downright liar, and everyone knew it.

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	5 liar	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 liar	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 liar	det
4	downright	downright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 liar	amod
5	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knew	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 knew	cc
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 knew	nsubj
9	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 liar	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 knew	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 liar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a downright liar					tree rules
2	know	past	everyone	liar					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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