mostly Who acts: sky, water, I, class, story, dog · What happens: mean, be, cover, walk, eat, ask · To what, where: all, most, surface, girls, dry food, them
«mostly» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: mostly in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Mostly means almost all, or the biggest part.
advmod advmod obj punct cc det amod parataxis punct root Mostly ADV means VERB almost ADV all DET , PUNCT or CCONJ the DET biggest ADJ part NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mostly mostly ADV _ 2 means advmod 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 almost almost ADV _ 4 all advmod 4 all all DET PronType=Tot 2 means obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 part punct 6 or or CCONJ _ 9 part cc 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 part det 8 biggest big ADJ Degree=Sup 9 part amod 9 part part NOUN Number=Sing 2 means parataxis 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present all mostly property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Topic
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 Mostly means usually, most of the time.
advmod advmod punct obl case det nmod punct root Mostly ADV means VERB usually ADV , PUNCT most ADJ of ADP the DET time NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mostly mostly ADV _ 2 means advmod 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 usually usually ADV _ 2 means advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 most punct 5 most most ADJ Degree=Sup 2 means obl 6 of of ADP _ 8 time case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 time det 8 time time NOUN Number=Sing 5 most nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present most of the time mostly, usually property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The sky was mostly blue with a few clouds.
det nsubj cop advmod case det amod obl punct root The DET sky NOUN was AUX mostly ADV blue ADJ with ADP a DET few ADJ clouds NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sky det 2 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 5 blue nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 blue cop 4 mostly mostly ADV _ 5 blue advmod 5 blue blue ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 with with ADP _ 9 clouds case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 clouds det 8 few few ADJ Degree=Pos 9 clouds amod 9 clouds cloud NOUN Number=Plur 5 blue obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 blue punct
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1 is past the sky with a few clouds; blue, mostly property tree rules
Example 2 The Earth's surface is mostly covered by water.
det nmod:poss case nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod case obl punct root The DET Earth PROPN 's PART surface NOUN is AUX mostly ADV covered VERB by ADP water NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Earth det 2 Earth Earth PROPN Number=Sing 4 surface nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 Earth case 4 surface surface NOUN Number=Sing 7 covered nsubj:pass 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 covered aux:pass 6 mostly mostly ADV _ 7 covered advmod 7 covered cover VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 by by ADP _ 9 water case 9 water water NOUN Number=Sing 7 covered obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 covered punct
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1 cover present · passive water the Earth's surface mostly property vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Destination
Example 3 I mostly walk to school.
nsubj advmod case obl punct root I PRON mostly ADV walk VERB to ADP school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 walk nsubj 2 mostly mostly ADV _ 3 walk advmod 3 walk walk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 5 school case 5 school school NOUN Number=Sing 3 walk obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 walk punct
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1 walk present I to school result ; mostly property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to school=Result
Example 4 The class was mostly girls.
det nsubj cop advmod punct root The DET class NOUN was AUX mostly ADV girls NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 class det 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 5 girls nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 girls cop 4 mostly mostly ADV _ 5 girls advmod 5 girls girl NOUN Number=Plur root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 girls punct
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1 is a past the class girls mostly property tree rules
Example 5 The story is mostly true.
det nsubj cop advmod punct root The DET story NOUN is AUX mostly ADV true ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 story det 2 story story NOUN Number=Sing 5 true nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 true cop 4 mostly mostly ADV _ 5 true advmod 5 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 true punct
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1 is present the story mostly, true property tree rules
Example 6 Our dog eats mostly dry food.
nmod:poss nsubj advmod amod obj punct root Our PRON dog NOUN eats VERB mostly ADV dry ADJ food NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 dog nmod:poss 2 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 3 eats nsubj 3 eats eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 mostly mostly ADV _ 5 dry advmod 5 dry dry ADJ Degree=Pos 6 food amod 6 food food NOUN Number=Sing 3 eats obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 eats punct
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1 eat present Our dog dry food vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient
Example 7 When she was old enough to ask them they were mostly about Peter Pan.
The tree, 14 words mark nsubj cop advmod mark advcl iobj nsubj cop advmod case obl flat punct root When SCONJ she PRON was AUX old ADJ enough ADV to PART ask VERB them PRON they PRON were AUX mostly ADV about ADP Peter PROPN Pan PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 When when SCONJ _ 4 old mark 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 old nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 old cop 4 old old ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 enough enough ADV _ 4 old advmod 6 to to PART _ 7 ask mark 7 ask ask VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 old advcl 8 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 ask iobj 9 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 Peter nsubj 10 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 13 Peter cop 11 mostly mostly ADV _ 13 Peter advmod 12 about about ADP _ 13 Peter case 13 Peter Peter PROPN Number=Sing 7 ask obl 14 Pan Pan PROPN Number=Sing 13 Peter flat 15 . . PUNCT _ 4 old punct
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1 is past she enough, old property tree rules 2 ask speech: ask to-infinitive she not said here them = they vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient 3 is past they about Peter; mostly property tree rules
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