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narrowly

Who acts: he, She, We, monkey · What happens: mean, miss, watch, escape · To what, where: bus, crocodile, train, fishermen

«narrowly» 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: narrowly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Narrowly means only just, by a small margin: he narrowly missed the bus.

The tree, 13 words
advmodadvmodadvmodpunctcasedetamodparataxispunctnsubjadvmodconjdetobjpunctrootNarrowlyADVmeansVERBonlyADVjustADV,PUNCTbyADPaDETsmallADJmarginNOUN:PUNCThePRONnarrowlyADVmissedVERBtheDETbusNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NarrowlynarrowlyADV_2 meansadvmod
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3onlyonlyADV_4 justadvmod
4justjustADV_2 meansadvmod
5,,PUNCT_9 marginpunct
6bybyADP_9 margincase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 margindet
8smallsmallADJDegree=Pos9 marginamod
9marginmarginNOUNNumber=Sing2 meansparataxis
10::PUNCT_13 missedpunct
11hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 missednsubj
12narrowlynarrowlyADV_13 missedadvmod
13missedmissVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 meansconj
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 busdet
15busbusNOUNNumber=Sing13 missedobj
16..PUNCT_2 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentnarrowly propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2misspasthethe busnarrowly propertyvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bus=Stimulus

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

Narrowly can mean with close attention: he watched narrowly.

advmodauxcaseamodoblpunctnsubjparataxisadvmodpunctrootNarrowlyADVcanAUXmeanVERBwithADPcloseADJattentionNOUN:PUNCThePRONwatchedVERBnarrowlyADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NarrowlynarrowlyADV_3 meanadvmod
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin3 meanaux
3meanmeanVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4withwithADP_6 attentioncase
5closecloseADJDegree=Pos6 attentionamod
6attentionattentionNOUNNumber=Sing3 meanobl
7::PUNCT_9 watchedpunct
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 watchednsubj
9watchedwatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 meanparataxis
10narrowlynarrowlyADV_9 watchedadvmod
11..PUNCT_3 meanpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meancanwith close attention; narrowly propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2watchpasthenarrowly propertyvn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Example 1

She narrowly escaped the crocodile.

nsubjadvmoddetobjpunctrootShePRONnarrowlyADVescapedVERBtheDETcrocodileNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 escapednsubj
2narrowlynarrowlyADV_3 escapedadvmod
3escapedescapeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 crocodiledet
5crocodilecrocodileNOUNNumber=Sing3 escapedobj
6..PUNCT_3 escapedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1escapepastShethe crocodilenarrowly propertyvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme crocodile=Initial_Location

Example 2

We narrowly missed the train.

nsubjadvmoddetobjpunctrootWePRONnarrowlyADVmissedVERBtheDETtrainNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs3 missednsubj
2narrowlynarrowlyADV_3 missedadvmod
3missedmissVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 traindet
5traintrainNOUNNumber=Sing3 missedobj
6..PUNCT_3 missedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1misspastWethe trainnarrowly propertyvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus

Example 3

The monkey watched the fishermen narrowly.

detnsubjdetobjadvmodpunctrootTheDETmonkeyNOUNwatchedVERBtheDETfishermenNOUNnarrowlyADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 monkeydet
2monkeymonkeyNOUNNumber=Sing3 watchednsubj
3watchedwatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 fishermendet
5fishermenfishermanNOUNNumber=Plur3 watchedobj
6narrowlynarrowlyADV_3 watchedadvmod
7..PUNCT_3 watchedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1watchpastthe monkeythe fishermennarrowly propertyvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fisherman=Theme

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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