favorably

Who acts: way, he, king, cake, She · What happens: show, like, look, compare, mean, judge · To what, where: approval, us · Speech: someone speaks here

«favorably» 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: favorably in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a way that shows approval or liking: he looked favorably on the plan.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 looked	obl
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 shows	nsubj
5	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 way	acl:relcl
6	approval	approval	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shows	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 liking	cc
8	liking	like	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 approval	conj
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 looked	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 looked	nsubj
11	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	favorably	favorably	ADV	_	11 looked	advmod
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 plan	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 plan	det
15	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 looked	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	show	present	a way	approval		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent approval=Recipient
2	like	gerund	a way not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	look	past	he		on the plan; in a way; favorably property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in way=Theme

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

«Compare favorably» means to be judged as good as or better than something.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Compare	punct
2	Compare	compare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 means	nsubj
3	favorably	favorably	ADV	_	2 Compare	advmod
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Compare	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 judged	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 judged	aux:pass
8	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 means	ccomp
9	as	as	ADV	_	10 good	advmod
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 judged	xcomp
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 better	mark
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 better	cc
13	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 good	conj
14	than	than	ADP	_	15 something	case
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 better	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	compare in a quote	infinitive	favorably property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	judge not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	good property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»

Example 1

The king looked favorably on the young prince.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	favorably	favorably	ADV	_	3 looked	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 prince	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prince	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 prince	amod
8	prince	prince	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 king					on the young prince; favorably property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on prince=Theme

Example 2

Our cake compares favorably with yours.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cake	nmod:poss
2	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compares	nsubj
3	compares	compare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	favorably	favorably	ADV	_	3 compares	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 yours	case
6	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 compares	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 compares	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compare	present	Our cake					with yours; favorably property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent with your=Co-Patient

Example 3

She was favorably inclined to help us.

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	4 inclined	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 inclined	cop
3	favorably	favorably	ADV	_	4 inclined	advmod
4	inclined	inclined	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 help	mark
6	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 inclined	xcomp
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 help	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 inclined	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					favorably, inclined property	tree rules
2	help	to-infinitive	She not said here		us				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary

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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