idly

Who acts: lazy way, thoughts, boy, you, she · What happens: do, drift, sit, lie, ask, pick · To what, where: nothing, wall · Speech: someone speaks here

«idly» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: idly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a lazy way, doing nothing useful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 way	det
3	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 way	amod
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 doing	punct
6	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 way	acl
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 doing	obj
8	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nothing	amod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	gerund	a lazy way not said here	nothing					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality

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

In a dreamy, careless way, without real purpose, as when thoughts drift.

The tree, 12 words

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	dreamy	dreamy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 dreamy	punct
5	careless	careless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 purpose	punct
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 purpose	case
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 purpose	amod
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 way	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 drift	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 drift	mark
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 drift	advmod
14	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 drift	nsubj
15	drift	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drift	present	thoughts						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The boy sat idly on the wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	idly	idly	ADV	_	3 sat	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the boy			the wall		idly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location

Example 2

«Why are you lying there idly?» she asked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 lying	punct
2	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 lying	advmod
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lying	aux
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 lying	nsubj
5	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 asked	ccomp
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 lying	advmod
7	idly	idly	ADV	_	5 lying	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 lying	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 lying	punct
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 asked	nsubj
11	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie in a quote	present · progressive	you			there		idly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	past	she						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 3

She idly picked at the grass while she thought.

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	3 picked	nsubj
2	idly	idly	ADV	_	3 picked	advmod
3	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 grass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grass	det
6	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picked	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 thought	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thought	nsubj
9	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 picked	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 picked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	past	She					at the grass; idly property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at grass=Patient
2	think speech: other	past	she						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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