purposely
Who acts: aim, He, I, fox, donkey · What happens: mean, do, pretend, not hear, not break, leave · To what, where: purpose, aim, toy, trail, water
«purposely» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: purposely in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Purposely means on purpose, deliberately, with the aim of doing it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purposely | purposely | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 purpose | case |
| 4 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 deliberately | punct |
| 6 | deliberately | deliberately | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 aim | punct |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 aim | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 aim | det |
| 10 | aim | aim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | parataxis |
| 11 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 12 doing | mark |
| 12 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 aim | acl |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 doing | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | purpose | deliberately, purposely property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | do | gerund | the aim not said here | aim | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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
He purposely pretended not to hear.
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 | 3 pretended | nsubj |
| 2 | purposely | purposely | ADV | _ | 3 pretended | advmod |
| 3 | pretended | pretend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 hear | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 hear | mark |
| 6 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 pretended | xcomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 pretended | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | past | He | purposely property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not hear | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
Example 2
I did not purposely break your toy.
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 | 5 break | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 break | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 break | advmod |
| 4 | purposely | purposely | ADV | _ | 5 break | advmod |
| 5 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 toy | nmod:poss |
| 7 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 break | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 break | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not break | past · do-support | I | your toy | purposely property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toy=Patient |
Example 3
The fox purposely left a trail of crumbs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fox | det |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | nsubj |
| 3 | purposely | purposely | ADV | _ | 4 left | advmod |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 trail | det |
| 6 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 crumbs | case |
| 8 | crumbs | crumb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 trail | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | the fox | a trail of crumbs | purposely property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme |
Example 4
The donkey purposely lay down in the water.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 donkey | det |
| 2 | donkey | donkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lay | nsubj |
| 3 | purposely | purposely | ADV | _ | 4 lay | advmod |
| 4 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 lay | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 water | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 water | det |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lay | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie down | past | the donkey | the water | down, purposely property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location |
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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