prettily

Who acts: way, She · What happens: look, charm, speak, thank, ice, decorate · To what, where: someone, cake, guest, room · Speech: someone speaks here

«prettily» 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: prettily in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a way that looks nice to the eye; in a neat, charming way. Also, in a polite, well-mannered way when speaking or thanking someone.

Sentence 1: In a way that looks nice to the eye; in a neat, charming way.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 looks	nsubj
5	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 way	acl:relcl
6	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 looks	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 eye	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eye	det
9	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 looks	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 way	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	16 way	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 way	det
13	neat	neat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 charming	amod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 neat	punct
15	charming	charm	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 way	amod
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 way	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	a way and a charming way					to the eye; nice property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to eye=Experiencer
2	charm	gerund							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.

Sentence 2: Also, in a polite, well-mannered way when speaking or thanking someone.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Also	also	ADV	_	10 way	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Also	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	10 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 way	det
5	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 polite	punct
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 mannered	advmod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 well	punct
9	mannered	mannered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 speaking	advmod
12	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 way	acl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 thanking	cc
14	thanking	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 speaking	conj
15	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 thanking	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	gerund							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	thank speech: thank	gerund		someone					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme

Example 1

The cake was iced prettily with pink flowers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cake	det
2	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 iced	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 iced	aux:pass
4	iced	ice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	prettily	prettily	ADV	_	4 iced	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 flowers	case
7	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 flowers	amod
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 iced	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 iced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ice	past · passive		the cake				with pink flowers; prettily property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with flower=Theme

Example 2

She thanked the guest prettily.

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 thanked	nsubj
2	thanked	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guest	det
4	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thanked	obj
5	prettily	prettily	ADV	_	2 thanked	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thanked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	past	She		the guest			prettily property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme

Example 3

The room was decorated prettily for the party.

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	4 decorated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decorated	aux:pass
4	decorated	decorate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	prettily	prettily	ADV	_	4 decorated	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 party	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 party	det
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decorated	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 decorated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decorate	past · passive		the room				for the party; prettily property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

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