fiercely
Who acts: dog, fire, She, mother bear, wind · What happens: growl, burn, be, fight, protect, blow · To what, where: match, cubs, moor
«fiercely» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: fiercely in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
In an angry, wild or violent way.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 8 way | case |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 way | det |
| 3 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 way | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wild | punct |
| 5 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 angry | conj |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 violent | cc |
| 7 | violent | violent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 angry | conj |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 way | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
Very strongly or with great feeling: «fiercely loyal», «fiercely proud».
The tree, 10 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 strongly | advmod |
| 2 | strongly | strongly | ADV | _ | 6 feeling | advmod |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 feeling | cc |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 feeling | case |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 feeling | amod |
| 6 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 loyal | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 loyal | punct |
| 9 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 10 loyal | advmod |
| 10 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 feeling | parataxis |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 loyal | punct |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 proud | punct |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 proud | punct |
| 14 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 15 proud | advmod |
| 15 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 loyal | parataxis |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 proud | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 feeling | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The dog growled fiercely.
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 growled | nsubj |
| 3 | growled | growl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 3 growled | advmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 growled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | growl | past | the dog | fiercely property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The fire burned fiercely all night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fire | det |
| 2 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 burned | nsubj |
| 3 | burned | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 3 burned | advmod |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 night | det |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 burned | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 burned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | past | the fire | night | fiercely property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
She is fiercely loyal to her friends.
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 loyal | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 loyal | cop |
| 3 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 4 loyal | advmod |
| 4 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 friends | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 friends | nmod:poss |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 loyal | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 loyal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | to her friends; fiercely, loyal property | tree rules |
Example 4
The match was fiercely fought.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 match | det |
| 2 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fought | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fought | aux:pass |
| 4 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 5 fought | advmod |
| 5 | fought | fight | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past · passive | the match | fiercely property | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |
Example 5
The mother bear fiercely protected her cubs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bear | det |
| 2 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bear | compound |
| 3 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 protected | nsubj |
| 4 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 5 protected | advmod |
| 5 | protected | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 cubs | nmod:poss |
| 7 | cubs | cub | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 protected | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 protected | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | past | the mother bear | bear's cubs | fiercely property | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cub=Beneficiary |
Example 6
The wind blew fiercely across the moor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wind | det |
| 2 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blew | nsubj |
| 3 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 3 blew | advmod |
| 5 | across | across | ADP | _ | 7 moor | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 moor | det |
| 7 | moor | moor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blew | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 blew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | past | the wind | the moor | fiercely property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
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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