ideally

Who acts: everything, I, we, recipe, you · What happens: mean, be, like, place, go, suit · To what, where: best possible way, puppy, house, school, bed, cottage · Speech: someone speaks here

«ideally» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: ideally in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Ideally means in the best possible way or the way you would most like, if everything were perfect: «Ideally, I'd like a puppy».

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ideally	ideally	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 way	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 way	amod
6	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 way	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 way	conj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 would	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 way	acl:relcl
13	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	14 like	advmod
14	like	like	INTJ	_	12 would	discourse
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 perfect	punct
16	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 perfect	mark
17	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	19 perfect	nsubj
18	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 perfect	cop
19	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	conj
20	:	:	PUNCT	_	22 Ideally	punct
21	«	«	PUNCT	_	22 Ideally	punct
22	Ideally	ideally	ADV	_	26 like	advmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 like	punct
24	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 like	nsubj
25	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 like	aux
26	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	parataxis
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 puppy	det
28	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 like	obj
29	»	»	PUNCT	_	26 like	punct
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present			the best possible way or the way	ideally property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a condition, not said to happen	past	everything			perfect property	tree rules
3	like in a quote	would	I	a puppy		ideally property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot puppy=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.

Meaning 2

Ideally means perfectly or exactly right for something: «The house is ideally placed near the school».

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ideally	ideally	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	6 right	advmod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 right	cc
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 right	advmod
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 something	case
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 right	obl
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 placed	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 placed	punct
11	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 house	det
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 placed	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 placed	aux:pass
14	ideally	ideally	ADV	_	15 placed	advmod
15	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	parataxis
16	near	near	ADP	_	18 school	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 school	det
18	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 placed	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 placed	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						ideally property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	place in a quote	present · passive		the house		the school		ideally property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme near school=Destination

Example 1

Ideally, we should go to bed by nine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ideally	ideally	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ideally	punct
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 go	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 bed	case
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 nine	case
9	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 go	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	should	we			bed		by nine; ideally property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location

Example 2

Ideally, you'd water the plants every day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ideally	ideally	ADV	_	5 water	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ideally	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 water	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 water	aux
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plants	det
7	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 water	conj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plants	nmod:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 water	punct

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

Example 3

The cottage is ideally placed near the beach.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cottage	det
2	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 placed	aux:pass
4	ideally	ideally	ADV	_	5 placed	advmod
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 beach	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 beach	det
8	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 placed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		the cottage		the beach		ideally property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme near beach=Destination

Example 4

She is ideally suited to be team captain.

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	4 suited	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 suited	aux:pass
3	ideally	ideally	ADV	_	4 suited	advmod
4	suited	suit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	8 captain	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 captain	cop
7	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 captain	compound
8	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 suited	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 suited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suit	present · passive		She				ideally property	tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive		team captain					tree rules

Example 5

Ideally, a recipe should be easy to follow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ideally	ideally	ADV	_	7 easy	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ideally	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 recipe	det
4	recipe	recipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 easy	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 easy	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 easy	cop
7	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 follow	mark
9	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 easy	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 easy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	should	a recipe					easy, ideally property	tree rules
2	follow	to-infinitive	a recipe not said here						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

Ideally the experiment would be repeated three times.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ideally	ideally	ADV	_	6 repeated	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 experiment	det
3	experiment	experiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 repeated	nsubj:pass
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 repeated	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 repeated	aux:pass
6	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 times	nummod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 repeated	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 repeated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	would · passive		the experiment			time	ideally property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Example 7

We'd ideally like sunny weather for sports day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 weather	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 weather	aux
3	ideally	ideally	ADV	_	6 weather	advmod
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 weather	case
5	sunny	sunny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 weather	amod
6	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 day	case
8	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 day	compound
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 weather	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 weather	punct

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

Example 8

Ideally, wash your hands for twenty seconds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ideally	ideally	ADV	_	3 wash	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ideally	punct
3	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hands	nmod:poss
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wash	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 seconds	case
7	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 seconds	nummod
8	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wash	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	your hands			second	ideally property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

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