savagely
Who acts: fierce way, Wolf, He, we · What happens: want, hurt, retort, begin, glare, hope · To what, where: someone, others, champion, that · Speech: someone speaks here
«savagely» 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: savagely in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
In a fierce, violent or angry way, as if wanting to hurt someone.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 8 way | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 way | det |
| 3 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 way | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 violent | punct |
| 5 | violent | violent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fierce | conj |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 angry | cc |
| 7 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fierce | conj |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 way | punct |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 wanting | mark |
| 11 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 wanting | mark |
| 12 | wanting | want | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 way | acl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 hurt | mark |
| 14 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 wanting | xcomp |
| 15 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 14 hurt | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | gerund | a fierce way not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hurt not said to happen | to-infinitive | a fierce way not said here | someone | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Patient |
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
"You do muddy it!" retorted the Wolf savagely.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 muddy | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 muddy | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 muddy | aux |
| 4 | muddy | muddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 retorted | parataxis |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 muddy | nsubj |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 muddy | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 muddy | punct |
| 8 | retorted | retort | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Wolf | det |
| 10 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 retorted | obj |
| 11 | savagely | savagely | ADV | _ | 10 Wolf | advmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 retorted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retort speech: other | past | the Wolf | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
Example 2
He began to glare at the others very savagely.
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 | 2 began | nsubj |
| 2 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 glare | mark |
| 4 | glare | glare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 began | xcomp |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 others | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 others | det |
| 7 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 glare | obl |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 savagely | advmod |
| 9 | savagely | savagely | ADV | _ | 4 glare | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 began | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | past | He | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | glare | to-infinitive | He not said here | the others | savagely property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at other=Location |
Example 3
"What can we hope from that?" a champion demanded savagely.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 hope | punct |
| 2 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 hope | obj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hope | aux |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 hope | nsubj |
| 5 | hope | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 that | case |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 hope | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 hope | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 hope | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 champion | det |
| 11 | champion | champion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hope | obj |
| 12 | demanded | demand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 champion | acl |
| 13 | savagely | savagely | ADV | _ | 12 demanded | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 hope | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hope in a quote | can | we | a champion | that | tree rules | |||
| 2 | demand speech: request | participle | a champion not said here | savagely property | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=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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