loftily

Who acts: Loftily, you, He, cat, She · What happens: mean, think, be, hold, walk, answer · To what, where: head, best · Speech: someone speaks here

«loftily» 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: loftily in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Loftily means in a proud, grand way, as if you think you are better than others.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loftily	loftily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
5	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 proud	punct
7	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 think	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 think	mark
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 think	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 think	nsubj
13	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	conj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 better	nsubj
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 better	cop
16	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 think	ccomp
17	than	than	ADP	_	18 others	case
18	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 better	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Loftily	in a proud grand way	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	think speech: other a condition, not said to happen	present	you		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	you	than others; good property	tree rules

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

He held his head up loftily.

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 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 head	nmod:poss
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obj
5	up	up	ADV	_	6 loftily	advmod
6	loftily	loftily	ADV	_	2 held	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	He	his head				loftily property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Example 2

The cat walked loftily past the dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	nsubj
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	loftily	loftily	ADV	_	3 walked	advmod
5	past	past	ADP	_	7 dog	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	the cat					past the dog; loftily property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past dog=Trajectory

Example 3

She answered loftily, as if she knew best.

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 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loftily	loftily	ADV	_	2 answered	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 knew	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 knew	mark
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 knew	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 knew	nsubj
8	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 answered	conj
9	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 knew	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	She					loftily property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	know a condition, not said to happen	past	she	best					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus

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