pensively

Who acts: thoughtful way, old man, young merchant · What happens: think, say, shake, ride · To what, where: head, white steed · Speech: someone speaks here

«pensively» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: pensively in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a thoughtful way, quietly thinking hard about something, often with a serious face.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 way	det
3	thoughtful	thoughtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 way	amod
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thinking	punct
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	7 thinking	advmod
7	thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 way	acl
8	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 thinking	advmod
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 something	case
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 thinking	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 face	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	16 face	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 face	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 face	det
15	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 face	amod
16	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 something	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	gerund	a thoughtful way not said here					about something; hard, quietly property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about something=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.

Example 1

"Dar ain't nuthin'," said the old man, shaking his head pensively.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 ai	punct
2	Dar	Dar	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ai	nsubj
3	ai	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 said	ccomp
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 nuthin	advmod
5	nuthin	nuthin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ai	obj
6	',	',	PUNCT	_	3 ai	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 ai	punct
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 shaking	punct
13	shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 said	advcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 head	nmod:poss
15	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shaking	obj
16	pensively	pensively	ADV	_	13 shaking	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the old man						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	shake	gerund	the old man not said here	man's head				pensively property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient

Example 2

A young merchant rode pensively forward on his white steed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 merchant	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 merchant	amod
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	nsubj
4	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	pensively	pensively	ADV	_	4 rode	advmod
6	forward	forward	ADV	_	4 rode	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 steed	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 steed	nmod:poss
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 steed	amod
10	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	a young merchant			merchant's white steed		forward, pensively property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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