questioningly
Who acts: you, They, he, She · What happens: question, show, want, know, not be, look · To what, where: questioning way, something, eyebrows · Speech: someone speaks here
«questioningly» 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: questioningly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
In a questioning way, showing that you want to know something or are not sure.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 way | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 way | det |
| 3 | questioning | question | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 way | amod |
| 4 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 showing | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 way | punct |
| 6 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 want | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 want | nsubj |
| 9 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 showing | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 know | mark |
| 11 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 want | xcomp |
| 12 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 know | obj |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 sure | cc |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 sure | cop |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 sure | advmod |
| 16 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 want | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 showing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | question speech: other | gerund | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | show | gerund | a questioning way | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | want | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | know not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | something | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | not is | present | you not said here | sure property | tree rules |
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
They looked at each other questioningly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 looked | nsubj |
| 2 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 each | case |
| 4 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 2 looked | obl |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 each | fixed |
| 6 | questioningly | questioningly | 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 | They | at each; questioningly property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at each=Theme |
Example 2
«Are you coming?» he asked questioningly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 coming | punct |
| 2 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 coming | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 coming | nsubj |
| 4 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 asked | ccomp |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 coming | punct |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 coming | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 asked | nsubj |
| 8 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | questioningly | questioningly | ADV | _ | 8 asked | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in a quote | present · progressive | you | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | he | questioningly property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
Example 3
She raised her eyebrows questioningly.
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 raised | nsubj |
| 2 | raised | raise | 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 eyebrows | nmod:poss |
| 4 | eyebrows | eyebrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 raised | obj |
| 5 | questioningly | questioningly | ADV | _ | 2 raised | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 raised | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | past | She | her eyebrows | questioningly property | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eyebrow=Theme |
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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