fixedly
Who acts: cat, He, She, owl · What happens: hold, look away, stare, gaze, look, watch · To what, where: attention, one thing, branch
«fixedly» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: fixedly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
With the eyes or attention held steadily on one thing, without looking away.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 eyes | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 eyes | det |
| 3 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 attention | cc |
| 5 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eyes | conj |
| 6 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 attention | acl |
| 7 | steadily | steadily | ADV | _ | 6 held | advmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 thing | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 thing | nummod |
| 10 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 held | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 looking | punct |
| 12 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 13 looking | mark |
| 13 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 held | conj |
| 14 | away | away | ADV | _ | 13 looking | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 eyes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | participle | attention not said here | one thing | steadily property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on thing=Location | |||
| 2 | look away | gerund | away property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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
The cat stared fixedly at the mouse hole.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cat | det |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stared | nsubj |
| 3 | stared | stare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fixedly | fixedly | ADV | _ | 3 stared | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 hole | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hole | det |
| 7 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hole | compound |
| 8 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stared | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stare | past | the cat | at the mouse hole; fixedly property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at hole=Theme |
Example 2
He gazed fixedly at the sea.
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 gazed | nsubj |
| 2 | gazed | gaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fixedly | fixedly | ADV | _ | 2 gazed | advmod |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 sea | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sea | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gazed | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gazed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gaze | past | He | at the sea; fixedly property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sea=Theme |
Example 3
She looked fixedly at the monster.
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 looked | nsubj |
| 2 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fixedly | fixedly | ADV | _ | 2 looked | advmod |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 monster | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 monster | det |
| 6 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 looked | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 looked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | She | at the monster; fixedly property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at monster=Theme |
Example 4
The owl watched fixedly from the branch.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 owl | det |
| 2 | owl | owl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 watched | nsubj |
| 3 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fixedly | fixedly | ADV | _ | 3 watched | advmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 branch | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 branch | det |
| 7 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 watched | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 watched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | the owl | the branch | fixedly property | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
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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