regretfully
Who acts: sorry way, I, she, He, fox, grapes · What happens: feel, not come, say, give back, borrow, watch · To what, where: party, borrowed book · Speech: someone speaks here
«regretfully» 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: regretfully in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
In a sorry way, feeling sad about a mistake or a loss.
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 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 way | amod |
| 4 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 feeling | punct |
| 6 | feeling | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 way | acl |
| 7 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 feeling | xcomp |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 mistake | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 mistake | det |
| 10 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sad | obl |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 loss | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 loss | det |
| 13 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mistake | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | gerund | a sorry way not said here | sad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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
"I cannot come to the party," she said regretfully.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 come | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 come | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 come | advmod |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 said | ccomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 party | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 party | det |
| 8 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 said | nsubj |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | regretfully | regretfully | ADV | _ | 12 said | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come in a quote | can | I | the party | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | she | regretfully property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
Example 2
He regretfully gave back the borrowed book.
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 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | regretfully | regretfully | ADV | _ | 3 gave | advmod |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 gave | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 book | det |
| 6 | borrowed | borrow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 book | amod |
| 7 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give back | past | He | the borrowed book | regretfully property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme | |||
| 2 | borrow | participle | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
The fox watched the grapes fall away regretfully.
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 | 3 watched | nsubj |
| 3 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 grapes | det |
| 5 | grapes | grape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fall | nsubj |
| 6 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 watched | ccomp |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 fall | advmod |
| 8 | regretfully | regretfully | ADV | _ | 6 fall | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 watched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | the fox | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fall away | present | the grapes | away, regretfully property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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