frantically
Who acts: He, duck, She · What happens: mean, hurry, search, lose, kick, run · To what, where: stream, child
«frantically» 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: frantically in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Frantically means in a wild, hurried way, because of fear or worry.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frantically | frantically | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 way | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 way | det |
| 5 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hurried | compound |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wild | punct |
| 7 | hurried | hurry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 way | amod |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fear | punct |
| 10 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 12 fear | case |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 because | fixed |
| 12 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | parataxis |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 worry | cc |
| 14 | worry | worry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fear | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | in a hurried way; frantically property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | hurry | participle | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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
He searched frantically for his lost key.
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 searched | nsubj |
| 2 | searched | search | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | frantically | frantically | ADV | _ | 2 searched | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 key | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 key | nmod:poss |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 key | amod |
| 7 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 searched | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 searched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | search | past | He | for his lost key; frantically property | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for key=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The duck kicked frantically in the stream.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 duck | det |
| 2 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kicked | nsubj |
| 3 | kicked | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | frantically | frantically | ADV | _ | 3 kicked | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 stream | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stream | det |
| 7 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kicked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 kicked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | past | the duck | the stream | frantically property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
Example 3
She ran frantically to find her child.
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 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | frantically | frantically | ADV | _ | 2 ran | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 find | mark |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ran | advcl |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 child | nmod:poss |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | She | frantically property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | She not said here | her child | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Topic |
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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