grimly

Who acts: We, he, soldiers, pirates · What happens: smile, expect, go on, say, march, listen · To what, where: trouble, hill · Speech: someone speaks here

«grimly» 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: grimly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a stern, serious way, without smiling, often when trouble is expected.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 stern	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stern	det
3	stern	stern	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 smiling	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct
5	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stern	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 smiling	punct
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 smiling	mark
9	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 expected	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	15 expected	advmod
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 expected	advmod
13	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 expected	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 expected	aux:pass
15	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 smiling	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 smiling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	gerund						in a stern and serious way	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in stern=Theme
2	expect	present · passive		trouble				often property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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

«We must go on,» he said grimly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct
2	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 go	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
5	on	on	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	grimly	grimly	ADV	_	9 said	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on in a quote	must	We						vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	he					grimly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 2

The soldiers marched grimly towards the hill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldiers	det
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 marched	nsubj
3	marched	march	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	grimly	grimly	ADV	_	3 marched	advmod
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 hill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
7	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marched	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 marched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	march	past	the soldiers			the hill		grimly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards hill=Destination

Example 3

The pirates listened grimly to the news.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pirates	det
2	pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 listened	nsubj
3	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	grimly	grimly	ADV	_	3 listened	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 news	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 news	det
7	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 listened	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 listened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past	the pirates					to the news; grimly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to news=Theme

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