mournfully
Who acts: sad sorrowful way, She, he, That, King · What happens: mean, grieve, die, repeat, not see, think · To what, where: old woman, me, King · Speech: someone speaks here
«mournfully» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: mournfully in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Mournfully means in a sad, sorrowful way, as if grieving.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mournfully | mournfully | 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 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 way | det |
| 5 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 way | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sad | punct |
| 7 | sorrowful | sorrowful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 way | amod |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 grieving | punct |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 grieving | mark |
| 11 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 grieving | mark |
| 12 | grieving | grieve | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 way | acl:relcl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | in a sad sorrowful way; mournfully property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | grieve a condition, not said to happen | gerund | a sad sorrowful way not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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
"Died!" mournfully repeated the old woman.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Died | punct |
| 2 | Died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Died | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Died | punct |
| 5 | mournfully | mournfully | ADV | _ | 6 repeated | advmod |
| 6 | repeated | repeat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Died | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 woman | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 woman | amod |
| 9 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 repeated | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Died | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die in a quote | past | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||||
| 2 | repeat | participle | the old woman | mournfully property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Eventuality |
Example 2
"She does not see me yet," he thought mournfully.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
| 2 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 see | advmod |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 see | obj |
| 7 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 5 see | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 thought | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 thought | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 thought | nsubj |
| 11 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | advcl |
| 12 | mournfully | mournfully | ADV | _ | 11 thought | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see in a quote | present · do-support | She | me | yet | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | he | mournfully property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
"That is the King," he said mournfully.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 King | punct |
| 2 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 King | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 King | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 King | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 King | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 | mournfully | mournfully | ADV | _ | 9 said | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | That | the King | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the King | mournfully property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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