furtively

Who acts: sly way, mouse, She, He · What happens: mean, try, not see, peep out, glance, creep · To what, where: stairs

«furtively» 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: furtively in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Furtively means in a secret, sly way, trying not to be seen.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Furtively	furtively	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 secret	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 secret	det
5	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct
7	sly	sly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 secret	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 trying	punct
10	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 way	acl
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 seen	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	14 seen	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 seen	aux:pass
14	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 trying	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present		in a secret; furtively property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in secret=Attribute
2	try	gerund	sly way not said here		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	not see not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	sly way not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»

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 mouse peeped out furtively.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mouse	det
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 peeped	nsubj
3	peeped	peep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 peeped	compound:prt
5	furtively	furtively	ADV	_	3 peeped	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 peeped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peep out	past	the mouse					furtively property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

She glanced furtively at the door.

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 glanced	nsubj
2	glanced	glance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	furtively	furtively	ADV	_	2 glanced	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 glanced	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 glanced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glance	past	She					at the door; furtively property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at door=Theme

Example 3

He crept furtively up the stairs.

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 crept	nsubj
2	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	furtively	furtively	ADV	_	2 crept	advmod
4	up	up	ADP	_	6 stairs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stairs	det
6	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crept	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 crept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep	past	He			the stairs		furtively property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up stair=Trajectory

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