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lightly

Who acts: you, Snow, He, Dad, she · What happens: mean, salt, cook, be, take, sleep · To what, where: little, something, tin, fire safety, noise · Speech: someone speaks here

«lightly» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: lightly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Lightly means with little force or weight: «tap lightly».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lightly	lightly	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 force	case
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 force	amod
5	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 weight	cc
7	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 force	conj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 tap	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 tap	punct
10	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
11	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	10 tap	advmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 tap	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						with little force or weight; lightly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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

A little: «lightly salted», «lightly cooked».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 little	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 salted	obl:unmarked
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 salted	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 salted	punct
5	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	6 salted	advmod
6	salted	salt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 salted	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cooked	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 cooked	punct
10	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	11 cooked	advmod
11	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 salted	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 cooked	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 salted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	salt in a quote	participle		a little				lightly property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
2	cook in a quote	participle						lightly property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Meaning 3

Without being serious or worried: «take something lightly».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	SCONJ	_	3 serious	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 serious	cop
3	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 worried	cc
5	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 serious	conj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct
8	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 serious	parataxis
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 take	obj
10	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	8 take	advmod
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 serious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						serious property	tree rules
2	be								tree rules
3	take in a quote	infinitive		something				lightly property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme

Meaning 4

Not much: «sleep lightly».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 much	advmod
2	much	much	ADV	_	5 sleep	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 sleep	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 sleep	punct
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	5 sleep	advmod
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 sleep	punct
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sleep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep in a quote	imperative	you not said here					lightly property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Lightly tap the glass with a spoon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lightly	lightly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tap	amod
2	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glass	compound
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 glass	det
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 spoon	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 spoon	det
7	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glass	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 glass	punct

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

Example 2

Lightly grease the tin before baking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lightly	lightly	ADV	_	2 grease	advmod
2	grease	grease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tin	det
4	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grease	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 baking	mark
6	baking	bake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 grease	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grease	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grease	imperative	you not said here	the tin				lightly property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent tin=Destination
2	bake	gerund	you not said here						vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 3

Snow fell lightly all night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	2 fell	advmod
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 night	det
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl:unmarked
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	Snow				night	lightly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

Don't take fire safety lightly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 take	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 take	advmod
3	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 safety	compound
5	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
6	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	3 take	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not take	imperative · do-support	you not said here	fire safety				lightly property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent safety=Theme

Example 5

He got off lightly with a warning.

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 got	compound:prt
4	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	2 got	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 warning	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 warning	det
7	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get off	past	He					with a warning; lightly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 6

Dad sleeps lightly and hears every noise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleeps	nsubj
2	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	2 sleeps	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hears	cc
5	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sleeps	conj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 noise	det
7	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hears	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sleeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	Dad					lightly property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hear	present	Dad not said here	every noise					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus

Example 7

How lightly, quickly, nimbly, wonderfully, she moved!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 lightly	advmod
2	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	6 nimbly	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 nimbly	punct
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	6 nimbly	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 nimbly	punct
6	nimbly	nimbly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wonderfully	punct
8	wonderfully	wonderfully	ADV	_	6 nimbly	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 moved	punct
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 moved	nsubj
11	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 nimbly	advcl
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 nimbly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	she						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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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