lowly

Who acts: She, lowly ant · What happens: mean, live, bow, be · To what, where: lowly cottage, lowly servant

«lowly» 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: lowly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Lowly means humble, low in rank or position.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lowly	lowly	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	humble	humble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 low	punct
5	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 humble	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 rank	case
7	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 low	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 position	cc
9	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rank	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						humble, lowly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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

She lived in a lowly cottage.

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 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 cottage	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cottage	det
5	lowly	lowly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cottage	amod
6	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	She			a lowly cottage			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cottage=Location

Example 2

The lowly servant bowed low.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 servant	det
2	lowly	lowly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 servant	amod
3	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	bowed	bow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 servant	acl
5	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 bowed	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 servant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	participle		the lowly servant not said here				low property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Even the lowly ant can be brave.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	4 ant	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ant	det
3	lowly	lowly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ant	amod
4	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brave	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 brave	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 brave	cop
7	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 brave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	the lowly ant					brave property	tree rules

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