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precisely

Who acts: you, train, we, She, That, I · What happens: measure, use, agree, mean, leave, need · To what, where: eight o'clock, line, more flour, paper, half, 30

«precisely» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: precisely in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Exactly; with no mistakes or difference (at precisely nine o'clock).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 mistakes	advmod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Exactly	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 mistakes	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 mistakes	det
5	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 difference	cc
7	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mistakes	conj
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 o'clock	punct
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 o'clock	case
10	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	11 nine	advmod
11	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 o'clock	nummod
12	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 difference	appos
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 o'clock	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mistakes	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Carefully and accurately (measure precisely).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carefully	carefully	ADV	_	5 measure	advmod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 accurately	cc
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	1 Carefully	conj
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 measure	punct
5	measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	5 measure	advmod
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 measure	punct
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 measure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	imperative	you not said here					carefully, precisely property	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Meaning 3

Used to agree strongly: «Precisely!» means «Yes, exactly that!».

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 means	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 agree	mark
3	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Used	xcomp
4	strongly	strongly	ADV	_	3 agree	advmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Used	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	1 Used	punct
7	Precisely	precisely	ADV	_	1 Used	advmod
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Used	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Used	punct
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 Yes	punct
12	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 means	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 that	punct
14	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	15 that	advmod
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 Yes	obl
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	12 Yes	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 Yes	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle						precisely property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive						strongly property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The train leaves at precisely eight o'clock.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 train	det
2	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaves	nsubj
3	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 o'clock	case
5	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	6 eight	advmod
6	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 o'clock	nummod
7	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaves	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 leaves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	the train			eight o'clock			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at o'clock=Location

Example 2

Measure the line precisely with a ruler.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 line	det
3	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measure	obj
4	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	1 Measure	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 ruler	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ruler	det
7	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measure	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Measure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	imperative	you not said here	the line				with a ruler; precisely property	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme line=Value

Example 3

«So we need more flour?» «Precisely!»

Sentence 1: «So we need more flour?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 need	punct
2	So	so	ADV	_	4 need	advmod
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 flour	amod
6	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 need	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need in a quote	present	we	more flour					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot flour=Theme

Sentence 2: «Precisely!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Precisely	punct
2	Precisely	precisely	ADV	_	root	root
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Precisely	punct
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Precisely	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 4

She cut the paper precisely in half.

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 paper	det
4	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
5	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	2 cut	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 half	case
7	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	2 cut	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	She	the paper		half		precisely property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Product

Example 5

That's precisely what I wanted.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 what	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 what	cop
3	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	4 what	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 wanted	nsubj
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 what	acl:relcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That					precisely property	tree rules
2	want	past	I						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Example 6

I don't know precisely how many came, about 30.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 know	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 know	advmod
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	4 know	advmod
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 many	advmod
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 30	punct
10	about	about	ADV	_	11 30	advmod
11	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 came	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not know	present · do-support	I					precisely property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	come	past	many	30					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

And this was precisely what did happen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	7 happen	cc
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 happen	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 happen	cop
4	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	7 happen	advmod
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 happen	nsubj
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 happen	aux
7	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past · do-support	this					happen, precisely property	tree rules

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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