foolishly
Who acts: silly way, She, He, you · What happens: think, go, run, look, spend, not ask · To what, where: road, pocket money, sweets, things · Speech: someone speaks here
«foolishly» 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: foolishly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
In a silly or unwise way, without thinking about what might go wrong.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 6 way | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 way | det |
| 3 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 way | amod |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 unwise | cc |
| 5 | unwise | unwise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 silly | conj |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 thinking | punct |
| 8 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 9 thinking | mark |
| 9 | thinking | think | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 way | acl |
| 10 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 13 go | mark |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 go | nsubj |
| 12 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 go | aux |
| 13 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 thinking | ccomp |
| 14 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 go | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | gerund | a silly way not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go | might | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Example 1
She foolishly ran across the road without looking.
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 | 3 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | foolishly | foolishly | ADV | _ | 3 ran | advmod |
| 3 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | across | across | ADP | _ | 6 road | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 road | det |
| 6 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | obl |
| 7 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 8 looking | mark |
| 8 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 ran | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | She | the road | foolishly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across road=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | look | gerund | She not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Example 2
He foolishly spent all his pocket money on sweets.
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 | 3 spent | nsubj |
| 2 | foolishly | foolishly | ADV | _ | 3 spent | advmod |
| 3 | spent | spend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 money | det:predet |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 money | nmod:poss |
| 6 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 money | compound | ||
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spent | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 sweets | case |
| 9 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 spent | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 spent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | past | He | his pocket money | on sweets goal; foolishly property | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent money=Asset on sweet=Goal |
Example 3
Do not foolishly ask for things you cannot manage.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 ask | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 ask | advmod |
| 3 | foolishly | foolishly | ADV | _ | 4 ask | advmod |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 things | case |
| 6 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ask | obl |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 manage | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 manage | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 manage | advmod |
| 10 | manage | manage | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 things | acl:relcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | imperative · do-support | you not said here | for things; foolishly property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not manage | can | you | things not said here | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
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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