scurvily

Who acts: He, She, neighbours · What happens: treat, let down, give, laugh, lose, deal · To what, where: someone, mean way, poor boy, food, boy, old man

«scurvily» 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: scurvily in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a mean, unfair or shabby way, as when someone is treated badly or let down.

The tree, 16 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	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 unfair	punct
5	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mean	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 shabby	cc
7	shabby	shabby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mean	conj
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 treated	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 treated	mark
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 treated	advmod
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 treated	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 treated	aux:pass
14	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 treated	advmod
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 let	cc
17	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	14 treated	conj
18	down	down	ADP	_	17 let	compound:prt
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 treated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	present · passive		someone		a mean way		badly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	let down	infinitive							vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

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 treated the poor boy scurvily and gave him no food.

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 treated	nsubj
2	treated	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boy	amod
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 treated	obj
6	scurvily	scurvily	ADV	_	2 treated	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gave	cc
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 treated	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gave	iobj
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 food	det
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 treated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	past	He		the poor boy			scurvily property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient
2	give	past	He not said here	no food	boy				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient food=Theme

Example 2

She laughed scurvily at the lost puppy.

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	scurvily	scurvily	ADV	_	2 laughed	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 puppy	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 puppy	det
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 puppy	amod
7	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	She					at the lost puppy; scurvily property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The old man was dealt with scurvily by his neighbours.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dealt	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dealt	aux:pass
5	dealt	deal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 scurvily	case
7	scurvily	scurvily	ADV	_	5 dealt	advmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 neighbours	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 neighbours	nmod:poss
10	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dealt	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 dealt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deal	past · passive	man's neighbours	the old man				scurvily property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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