dryly

Who acts: plain calm way, king, that, she, He · What happens: mean, hide, show, thank, say, be · To what, where: joke, little feeling, you, one way, way · Speech: someone speaks here

«dryly» 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: dryly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Dryly means in a plain, calm way that hides a joke or a little scorn, showing little feeling.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dryly	dryly	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	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 plain	punct
7	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 hides	nsubj
10	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 way	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 joke	det
12	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hides	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 scorn	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 scorn	det
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 scorn	amod
16	scorn	scorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 joke	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 showing	punct
18	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 hides	advcl
19	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 feeling	amod
20	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 showing	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present			in a plain calm way; dryly property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	hide	present	a plain calm way	a joke or a little scorn		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Patient
3	show	gerund	a plain calm way not said here	little feeling		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient

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

"Thank you," said the king dryly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Thank	punct
2	Thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 Thank	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Thank	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Thank	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Thank	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
9	dryly	dryly	ADV	_	6 said	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Thank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank in a quote	present			you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the king					dryly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

"Well, that is one way to do it," she said dryly.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 way	punct
2	Well	well	INTJ	_	7 way	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Well	punct
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 way	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 way	cop
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 way	nummod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 said	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 do	mark
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 way	acl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 do	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 way	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 way	punct
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 said	nsubj
14	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	dryly	dryly	ADV	_	14 said	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	that	one way		tree rules
2	do in a quote	to-infinitive	she not said here	way		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert	past	she		dryly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 3

He answered dryly, as if he had heard the joke before.

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 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dryly	dryly	ADV	_	2 answered	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 heard	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 heard	mark
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 heard	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 heard	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 heard	aux
9	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 answered	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 joke	det
11	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heard	obj
12	before	before	ADV	_	9 heard	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	He					dryly property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hear a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	he	the joke				before property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus

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