reluctantly
Who acts: He, She, dog · What happens: not want, do, put down, go, agree, share · To what, where: something, book, bed, sweets, bath
«reluctantly» 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: reluctantly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Unwillingly and slowly, not wanting to do something.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unwillingly | unwillingly | ADV | _ | 6 wanting | advmod |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 slowly | cc |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 1 Unwillingly | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Unwillingly | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 wanting | advmod |
| 6 | wanting | want | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 do | mark |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 wanting | xcomp |
| 9 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 do | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 wanting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not want | gerund | unwillingly property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | something | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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 reluctantly put down his book and went to bed.
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 put | nsubj |
| 2 | reluctantly | reluctantly | ADV | _ | 3 put | advmod |
| 3 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 put | compound:prt |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 book | nmod:poss |
| 6 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 went | cc |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 put | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 bed | case |
| 10 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put down | past | He | his book | reluctantly property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent book=Goal | |||
| 2 | go | past | He not said here | bed | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location |
Example 2
She reluctantly agreed to share her sweets.
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 | 3 agreed | nsubj |
| 2 | reluctantly | reluctantly | ADV | _ | 3 agreed | advmod |
| 3 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 share | mark |
| 5 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 agreed | xcomp |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 sweets | nmod:poss |
| 7 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 share | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 agreed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | She | reluctantly property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | share not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | her sweets | tree rules |
Example 3
The dog came reluctantly out of the bath.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | reluctantly | reluctantly | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 bath | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 bath | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bath | det |
| 8 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the dog | the bath | reluctantly property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out bath=Initial_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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