mockingly
Who acts: way, You, she, He, boys · What happens: mean, tease, make, not win, say, call · To what, where: fun, crow, branch · Speech: someone speaks here
«mockingly» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: mockingly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Mockingly means in a way that teases or makes fun of someone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mockingly | mockingly | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 way | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 teases | nsubj |
| 7 | teases | tease | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | acl:relcl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 makes | cc |
| 9 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 teases | conj |
| 10 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 makes | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 someone | case |
| 12 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 fun | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | in a way; mockingly property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | tease | present | a way | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | make | present | a way not said here | fun of someone | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product |
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
“You will never win,” she said mockingly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 win | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 win | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 win | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 win | advmod |
| 5 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 said | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 win | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 win | punct |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 said | nsubj |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | mockingly | mockingly | ADV | _ | 9 said | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not win in a quote | future | You | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | she | mockingly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
Example 2
The crow called mockingly from the branch.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 crow | det |
| 2 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 crow | acl |
| 4 | mockingly | mockingly | ADV | _ | 3 called | advmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 branch | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 branch | det |
| 7 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 called | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 crow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | participle | the crow not said here | the branch | mockingly property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from branch=Source |
Example 3
He bowed mockingly to the king.
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 bowed | nsubj |
| 2 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | mockingly | mockingly | ADV | _ | 2 bowed | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 king | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bowed | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 bowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bow | past | He | to the king; mockingly property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to king=Pivot |
Example 4
The boys laughed mockingly at the lost puppy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boys | det |
| 2 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 laughed | nsubj |
| 3 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | mockingly | mockingly | ADV | _ | 3 laughed | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 puppy | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 puppy | det |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 puppy | amod |
| 8 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laughed | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 laughed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past | the boys | at the lost puppy; mockingly property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «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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