pityingly
Who acts: way, You, boy, He, She · What happens: mean, show, feel, fellow, say, look · To what, where: you, head · Speech: someone speaks here
«pityingly» 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: pityingly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Pityingly means in a way that shows you feel sorry for someone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pityingly | pityingly | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 way | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 shows | nsubj |
| 7 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | acl:relcl |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 shows | iobj |
| 9 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 shows | xcomp |
| 10 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 feel | xcomp |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 someone | case |
| 12 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 sorry | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | in a way; pityingly property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | show | present | a way | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | feel | infinitive | a way not said here | sorry property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.
Example 1
"You poor fellow," said the boy pityingly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 fellow | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 fellow | nsubj |
| 3 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fellow | amod |
| 4 | fellow | fellow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 fellow | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 fellow | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 boy | det |
| 9 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 10 | pityingly | pityingly | ADV | _ | 7 said | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fellow in a quote | You | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the boy | pityingly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
He looked at the hare pityingly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 looked | nsubj |
| 2 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 hare | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hare | det |
| 5 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 looked | obl |
| 6 | pityingly | pityingly | ADV | _ | 2 looked | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 looked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | He | at the hare; pityingly property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at hare=Theme |
Example 3
She shook her head pityingly.
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 shook | nsubj |
| 2 | shook | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 head | nmod:poss |
| 4 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shook | obj |
| 5 | pityingly | pityingly | ADV | _ | 2 shook | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 shook | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | past | She | her head | pityingly property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
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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