scornfully

Who acts: way, you, someone, he, Fox, She · What happens: mean, show, think, be, not be, say · Speech: someone speaks here

«scornfully» 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: scornfully in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Scornfully means in a way that shows you think someone or something is foolish or not worth respect.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scornfully	scornfully	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 shows	nsubj
7	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	acl:relcl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 think	nsubj
9	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 shows	ccomp
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 foolish	nsubj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 something	cc
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 someone	conj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 foolish	cop
14	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 think	ccomp
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 worth	cc
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 worth	advmod
17	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 foolish	conj
18	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 foolish	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present		in a way; scornfully property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	show	present	a way		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	think speech: other	present	you		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	someone	foolish property	tree rules
5	not be		someone not said here		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

«No!» he said scornfully.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
2	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 said	discourse
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 No	punct
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 No	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	scornfully	scornfully	ADV	_	6 said	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he					scornfully property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The Fox laughed scornfully at the Crow.

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 laughed	nsubj
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	scornfully	scornfully	ADV	_	3 laughed	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 Crow	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Crow	det
7	Crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the Fox					at the Crow; scornfully property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

She looked at the frog scornfully and walked away.

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 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 frog	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 frog	det
5	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looked	obl
6	scornfully	scornfully	ADV	_	2 looked	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 walked	cc
8	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 looked	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 walked	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	She					at the frog; scornfully property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at frog=Theme
2	walk away	past	She not said here					away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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