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meekly

Who acts: Miss, puppy, Alice, She, Toad, He · What happens: argue, fight back, say, sit, tell off, answer · To what, where: sweets, Badger, room · Speech: someone speaks here

«meekly» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: meekly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a quiet, gentle way, without arguing or fighting back.

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	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 quiet	punct
5	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 arguing	punct
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 arguing	mark
9	arguing	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 way	appos
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 fighting	cc
11	fighting	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 arguing	conj
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 fighting	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	gerund							vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fight back	gerund							vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: 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

«Yes, Miss,» he said meekly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 Miss	punct
2	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 Miss	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Miss	punct
4	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Miss	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 Miss	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	meekly	meekly	ADV	_	8 said	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Miss					meekly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The puppy sat meekly when told off.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 puppy	det
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	meekly	meekly	ADV	_	3 sat	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 told	advmod
6	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sat	advcl
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 told	compound:prt
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the puppy					meekly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell off speech: assert	participle	the puppy not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Alice answered meekly, «I—I hardly know, sir.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	meekly	meekly	ADV	_	2 answered	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 I	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 I	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 know	nsubj
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 I	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 know	nsubj
9	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	10 know	advmod
10	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 answered	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sir	punct
12	sir	sir	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 know	vocative
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 answered	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	Alice					meekly property	tree rules
2	know in a quote	present	Alice					sir vocative; hardly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 4

She meekly handed over her sweets.

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 handed	nsubj
2	meekly	meekly	ADV	_	3 handed	advmod
3	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 sweets	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sweets	nmod:poss
6	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 handed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 handed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand	past	She			her sweets		meekly property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 5

Toad meekly followed Badger into the room.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 followed	nsubj
2	meekly	meekly	ADV	_	3 followed	advmod
3	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 followed	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 room	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 followed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 followed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	Toad	Badger		the room		meekly property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent badger=Theme into room=Trajectory

Example 6

He meekly agreed to tidy his room.

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	3 agreed	nsubj
2	meekly	meekly	ADV	_	3 agreed	advmod
3	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tidy	mark
5	tidy	tidy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 agreed	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 room	nmod:poss
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tidy	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 agreed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	He					meekly property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tidy not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his room					tree rules

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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