mortally

Who acts: death, afraid, he, boatmen, poor old woman · What happens: mean, be, follow, sink down, take, wound · To what, where: sure aim, her

«mortally» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: mortally in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Mortally means so badly that death is sure to follow: «mortally wounded».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mortally	mortally	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	8 sure	advmod
4	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 sure	advmod
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 sure	mark
6	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sure	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sure	cop
8	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 follow	mark
10	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 sure	xcomp
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 wounded	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 wounded	punct
13	mortally	mortally	ADV	_	14 wounded	advmod
14	wounded	wounded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 wounded	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present		mortally property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is	present	death	badly, sure property	tree rules
3	follow	to-infinitive	death not said here		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

«Mortally afraid» means extremely frightened.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 afraid	punct
2	Mortally	mortally	ADV	_	3 afraid	advmod
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 afraid	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	extremely	extremely	ADV	_	7 frightened	advmod
7	frightened	frightened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

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

Example 1

Mortally wounded with several thrusts, he sank down.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mortally	mortally	ADV	_	2 wounded	advmod
2	wounded	wounded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 thrusts	case
4	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thrusts	amod
5	thrusts	thrust	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wounded	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sank	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sank	nsubj
8	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wounded	parataxis
9	down	down	ADV	_	8 sank	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wounded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink down	past	he					down property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 2

The boatmen took a sure aim and mortally wounded her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boatmen	det
2	boatmen	boatman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 aim	det
5	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 aim	amod
6	aim	aim	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wounded	cc
8	mortally	mortally	ADV	_	9 wounded	advmod
9	wounded	wound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 took	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wounded	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the boatmen	a sure aim					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aim=Theme
2	wound	past	the boatmen not said here	her = she				mortally property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Example 3

The poor old woman was mortally afraid.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 woman	det
2	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 woman	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 woman	amod
4	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 afraid	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 afraid	cop
6	mortally	mortally	ADV	_	7 afraid	advmod
7	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 afraid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the poor old woman					afraid, mortally property	tree rules

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