scantily

Who acts: one small window · What happens: lit, represent, dress · To what, where: room, Wales, children, cold

«scantily» 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: scantily in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a small amount, not enough or not much; poorly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 amount	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 amount	det
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 amount	amod
4	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 enough	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 enough	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 enough	advmod
7	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 much	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 much	advmod
10	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 enough	conj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 poorly	punct
12	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	7 enough	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 enough	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The room was scantily lit by one small window.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 room	det
2	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lit	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lit	aux:pass
4	scantily	scantily	ADV	_	5 lit	advmod
5	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 window	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 window	nummod
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 window	amod
9	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lit	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lit	past · passive	one small window	the room				scantily property	tree rules

Example 2

Wales is scantily represented in the tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wales	Wales	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 represented	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 represented	aux:pass
3	scantily	scantily	ADV	_	4 represented	advmod
4	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 tales	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tales	det
7	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 represented	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 represented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	represent	present · passive		Wales				in the tales; scantily property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme in tale=Attribute

Example 3

The children were scantily dressed in the cold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dressed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dressed	aux:pass
4	scantily	scantily	ADV	_	5 dressed	advmod
5	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 cold	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cold	det
8	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dressed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 dressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	past · passive		the children		the cold		scantily property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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