fortunately
Who acts: something, it, dwarfs, rain, I · What happens: mean, happen, do, be, come, stop · To what, where: rain, coat
«fortunately» 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: fortunately in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Fortunately means happily, because something lucky has happened.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortunately | fortunately | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 happened | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 happened | mark |
| 6 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 happened | nsubj |
| 7 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 something | amod |
| 8 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 happened | aux |
| 9 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 means | parataxis |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | fortunately, happily property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | happen | present · perfect | something | vn occur-48.3-1 «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.
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
Fortunately, it did not rain.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortunately | fortunately | ADV | _ | 4 did | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fortunately | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 rain | advmod |
| 6 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | it | rain | fortunately property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Eventuality |
Example 1
Fortunately, it was near evening, and the dwarfs came home.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortunately | fortunately | ADV | _ | 6 evening | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fortunately | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 evening | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 evening | cop |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 6 evening | case |
| 6 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 came | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 came | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dwarfs | det |
| 10 | dwarfs | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 came | nsubj |
| 11 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 evening | conj |
| 12 | home | home | ADV | _ | 11 came | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 evening | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | near evening | fortunately property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | come | past | the dwarfs | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
Fortunately, the rain stopped before the match.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortunately | fortunately | ADV | _ | 5 stopped | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fortunately | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rain | det |
| 4 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stopped | nsubj |
| 5 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 8 match | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 match | det |
| 8 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stopped | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 stopped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | the rain | before the match | fortunately property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Example 3
I forgot my coat, but fortunately I was not cold.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 coat | nmod:poss |
| 4 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 forgot | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 cold | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 cold | cc |
| 7 | fortunately | fortunately | ADV | _ | 11 cold | advmod |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 cold | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 cold | cop |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 cold | advmod |
| 11 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 forgot | parataxis |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 forgot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | I | my coat | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is | past | I | cold, fortunately property | tree rules |
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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