nicely

Who acts: cake, you, children, plants, She, cut · What happens: ask, turn out, have, play, grow, smile · To what, where: biscuit, room

«nicely» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: nicely in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a pleasant, kind or polite way: «ask nicely».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
3	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 kind	punct
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pleasant	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 polite	cc
7	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pleasant	conj
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 ask	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 ask	punct
11	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 way	parataxis
12	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	11 ask	advmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 ask	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	infinitive						nicely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Well, in a good or satisfactory way: «the cake turned out nicely».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Well	well	INTJ	_	8 way	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 satisfactory	cc
7	satisfactory	satisfactory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 good	conj
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 turned	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 turned	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cake	det
12	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turned	nsubj
13	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 way	parataxis
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 turned	compound:prt
15	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	13 turned	advmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 turned	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn out in a quote	past	the cake					nicely property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

If you ask nicely, you can have a biscuit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 ask	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 ask	nsubj
3	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 have	advcl
4	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	3 ask	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 ask	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 have	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 have	aux
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 biscuit	det
10	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen	present	you					nicely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	can	you	a biscuit					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent biscuit=Patient

Example 2

The children played nicely together.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 played	nsubj
3	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	3 played	advmod
5	together	together	ADV	_	3 played	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	the children					nicely, together property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The plants are growing nicely.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plants	det
2	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 growing	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 growing	aux
4	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	4 growing	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 growing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · progressive	the plants					nicely property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

She smiled nicely at the new girl.

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	2 smiled	nsubj
2	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	2 smiled	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 girl	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 girl	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 girl	amod
7	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smiled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 smiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	past	She					at the new girl; nicely property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

My cut is healing nicely.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cut	nmod:poss
2	cut	cut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 healing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 healing	aux
4	healing	heal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	4 healing	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 healing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	present · progressive	My cut					nicely property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 6

The room was nicely painted.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 room	det
2	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 painted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 painted	aux:pass
4	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	5 painted	advmod
5	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 painted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past · passive		the room				nicely property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicely/