playfully

Who acts: miller, dog, child · What happens: mean, joke, tease, not hurt, slap, frisk · To what, where: hunter, fist

«playfully» 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: playfully in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Playfully means in a joking, teasing way, as if for fun and not to hurt.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Playfully	playfully	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
5	joking	joke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 way	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 teasing	punct
7	teasing	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 joking	conj
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fun	punct
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 fun	case
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 fun	mark
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 fun	case
13	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 hurt	cc
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 hurt	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 hurt	mark
17	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 fun	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	mean	present	in a joking way; playfully property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	joke speech: other	gerund		vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tease	gerund		vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	not hurt	to-infinitive		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

The miller slapped the hunter on the shoulder playfully.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 miller	det
2	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slapped	nsubj
3	slapped	slap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hunter	det
5	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slapped	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 shoulder	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shoulder	det
8	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slapped	obl
9	playfully	playfully	ADV	_	3 slapped	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slap	past	the miller	the hunter				on the shoulder; playfully property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent hunter=Instrument on shoulder=Patient

Example 2

The dog frisked playfully about the yard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 frisked	nsubj
3	frisked	frisk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	playfully	playfully	ADV	_	3 frisked	advmod
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 yard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 yard	det
7	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 frisked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 frisked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frisk	past	the dog					about the yard; playfully property	vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The child shook his fist playfully at the old man.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shook	nsubj
3	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fist	nmod:poss
5	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shook	obj
6	playfully	playfully	ADV	_	3 shook	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 man	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shook	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shook	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past	the child	child's fist				at the old man; playfully property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent fist=Theme at man=Trajectory

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