meanly

Who acts: He, I, She, giant, you, bully · What happens: mean, share, spend, dress, laugh, fall over · To what, where: last biscuit, gold, beggar · Speech: someone speaks here

«meanly» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: meanly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Meanly means in an unkind or nasty way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Meanly	meanly	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 nasty	cc
7	nasty	nasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 unkind	conj
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						in a unkind way; meanly property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute

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

Meanly can mean in a stingy way, not willing to share or spend.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Meanly	meanly	ADV	_	3 mean	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 way	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	stingy	stingy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 willing	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 willing	advmod
10	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mean	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 share	mark
12	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 willing	xcomp
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 spend	cc
14	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 share	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	mean	can	in a stingy way; meanly property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	share	to-infinitive		tree rules
3	spend	infinitive		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Meanly can mean poorly or shabbily, as in "meanly dressed".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Meanly	meanly	ADV	_	3 mean	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	3 mean	advmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 shabbily	cc
6	shabbily	shabbily	ADV	_	4 poorly	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dressed	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 dressed	mark
9	in	in	ADP	_	8 as	fixed
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 dressed	punct
11	meanly	meanly	ADV	_	12 dressed	advmod
12	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mean	parataxis
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 dressed	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can						meanly, poorly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	dress in a quote	participle						meanly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

He laughed meanly when I fell over.

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	meanly	meanly	ADV	_	2 laughed	advmod
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 fell	advmod
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 fell	nsubj
6	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	advcl
7	over	over	ADV	_	6 fell	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He					meanly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fall over	past	I					over property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

She meanly took the last biscuit without asking.

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 took	nsubj
2	meanly	meanly	ADV	_	3 took	advmod
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 biscuit	det
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 biscuit	amod
6	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 asking	mark
8	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 took	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	She	the last biscuit				meanly property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent biscuit=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	She not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The giant meanly kept all the gold for himself.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kept	nsubj
3	meanly	meanly	ADV	_	4 kept	advmod
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 gold	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gold	det
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 himself	case
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 kept	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the giant	all gold				for himself = he; meanly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme

Example 4

Don't speak meanly to your little sister.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 speak	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 speak	advmod
3	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	meanly	meanly	ADV	_	3 speak	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 sister	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sister	nmod:poss
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sister	amod
8	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meanly	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 speak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	imperative · do-support	you not said here					meanly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The beggar was meanly dressed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beggar	det
2	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dressed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dressed	aux:pass
4	meanly	meanly	ADV	_	5 dressed	advmod
5	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 dressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	past · passive		the beggar				meanly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 6

The bully smiled meanly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bully	det
2	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smiled	nsubj
3	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	meanly	meanly	ADV	_	3 smiled	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 smiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	past	the bully					meanly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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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