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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narrowly | narrowly | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 just | advmod |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 margin | punct |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 margin | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 margin | det |
| 8 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 margin | amod |
| 9 | margin | margin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | parataxis |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 missed | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 missed | nsubj |
| 12 | narrowly | narrowly | ADV | _ | 13 missed | advmod |
| 13 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 bus | det |
| 15 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 missed | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | narrowly property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | miss | past | he | the bus | narrowly property | vn 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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narrowly | narrowly | ADV | _ | 3 mean | advmod |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 mean | aux |
| 3 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 attention | case |
| 5 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 attention | amod |
| 6 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mean | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 watched | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 watched | nsubj |
| 9 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 mean | parataxis |
| 10 | narrowly | narrowly | ADV | _ | 9 watched | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | can | with close attention; narrowly property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | watch | past | he | narrowly property | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
She narrowly escaped the crocodile.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 escaped | nsubj |
| 2 | narrowly | narrowly | ADV | _ | 3 escaped | advmod |
| 3 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 crocodile | det |
| 5 | crocodile | crocodile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 escaped | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 escaped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | past | She | the crocodile | narrowly property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme crocodile=Initial_Location |
Example 2
We narrowly missed the train.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 missed | nsubj |
| 2 | narrowly | narrowly | ADV | _ | 3 missed | advmod |
| 3 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 train | det |
| 5 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 missed | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 missed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | past | We | the train | narrowly property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus |
Example 3
The monkey watched the fishermen narrowly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 monkey | det |
| 2 | monkey | monkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 watched | nsubj |
| 3 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fishermen | det |
| 5 | fishermen | fisherman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 watched | obj |
| 6 | narrowly | narrowly | ADV | _ | 3 watched | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 watched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | the monkey | the fishermen | narrowly property | vn 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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