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frightfully

Who acts: Toad, It, water, That, duchess, I · What happens: say, be, come, damage, not give in · To what, where: frightfully kind, town, storm · Speech: someone speaks here

«frightfully» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: frightfully in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old-fashioned, mainly UK — kept apart, not parsed.

Very; extremely, as in «frightfully kind» or «frightfully sorry».

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	3 extremely	advmod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Very	punct
3	extremely	extremely	ADV	_	9 kind	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 kind	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 kind	mark
6	in	in	SCONJ	_	9 kind	mark
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 kind	punct
8	frightfully	frightfully	ADV	_	9 kind	advmod
9	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 kind	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 sorry	cc
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 sorry	punct
13	frightfully	frightfully	ADV	_	14 sorry	advmod
14	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kind	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 sorry	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 kind	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

In a frightening or terrible way.

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	frightening	frightening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 terrible	cc
5	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 frightening	conj
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

«Frightfully sorry, old chap!» said Toad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 sorry	punct
2	Frightfully	frightfully	ADV	_	3 sorry	advmod
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 said	ccomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chap	punct
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chap	amod
6	chap	chap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sorry	obl
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 sorry	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 sorry	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Toad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

It was frightfully kind of you to come.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kind	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	cop
3	frightfully	frightfully	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kind	amod
4	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 you	case
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 kind	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 come	mark
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 kind	acl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	frightfully kind				of you	tree rules
2	come	to-infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The water was frightfully cold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cold	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cold	cop
4	frightfully	frightfully	ADV	_	5 cold	advmod
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the water					cold, frightfully property	tree rules

Example 4

The town was frightfully damaged in the storm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 damaged	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 damaged	aux:pass
4	frightfully	frightfully	ADV	_	5 damaged	advmod
5	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 storm	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 storm	det
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 damaged	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 damaged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	past · passive		the town		the storm		frightfully property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 5

«That's frightfully clever,» said the duchess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 clever	punct
2	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 clever	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 clever	cop
4	frightfully	frightfully	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 clever	amod
5	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 said	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 clever	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 clever	punct
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 duchess	det
10	duchess	duchess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	That					clever property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the duchess						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 6

I'm frightfully tired after the long walk.

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	4 tired	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tired	cop
3	frightfully	frightfully	ADV	_	4 tired	advmod
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 walk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walk	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 walk	amod
8	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tired	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	I				after the long walk	frightfully, tired property	tree rules

Example 7

Mr. Darling was frightfully ashamed of himself, but he would not give in.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Darling	nmod:desc
2	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 ashamed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ashamed	cop
4	frightfully	frightfully	ADV	_	5 ashamed	advmod
5	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 himself	case
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 ashamed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 give	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 give	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 give	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 give	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 give	advmod
13	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ashamed	parataxis
14	in	in	ADP	_	13 give	compound:prt
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ashamed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Darling Mr.					of Darling; ashamed, frightfully property	tree rules
2	not give in	would	Darling						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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