skillfully
Who acts: way, She, chef, He, girl · What happens: show, do, cut, chop, steer, mend · To what, where: skill, task, rope, onions, boat, rocks
«skillfully» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: skillfully in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
In a way that shows skill; doing a task well, with care and talent.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 way | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 way | det |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 shows | nsubj |
| 5 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 way | acl:relcl |
| 6 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shows | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 doing | punct |
| 8 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 shows | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 task | det |
| 10 | task | task | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 doing | obj |
| 11 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 doing | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 care | punct |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 care | case |
| 14 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 doing | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 talent | cc |
| 16 | talent | talent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 care | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a way | skill | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent skill=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | do | gerund | a way not said here | a task | with care and talent; well property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=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
She cut the rope skillfully.
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 cut | nsubj |
| 2 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rope | det |
| 4 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cut | obj |
| 5 | skillfully | skillfully | ADV | _ | 2 cut | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cut | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | past | She | the rope | skillfully property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Product |
Example 2
The chef chopped the onions skillfully.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 chef | det |
| 2 | chef | chef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chopped | nsubj |
| 3 | chopped | chop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 onions | det |
| 5 | onions | onion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 chopped | obj |
| 6 | skillfully | skillfully | ADV | _ | 3 chopped | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 chopped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chop | past | the chef | the onions | skillfully property | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent onion=Patient |
Example 3
He steered the boat skillfully between the rocks.
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 steered | nsubj |
| 2 | steered | steer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 boat | det |
| 4 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 steered | obj |
| 5 | skillfully | skillfully | ADV | _ | 2 steered | advmod |
| 6 | between | between | ADP | _ | 8 rocks | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rocks | det |
| 8 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 steered | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 steered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steer | past | He | the boat | the rocks | skillfully property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boat=Theme between rock=Destination |
Example 4
The girl skillfully mended the torn kite.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mended | nsubj |
| 3 | skillfully | skillfully | ADV | _ | 4 mended | advmod |
| 4 | mended | mend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kite | det |
| 6 | torn | tear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 kite | amod |
| 7 | kite | kite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mended | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 mended | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mend | past | the girl | the torn kite | skillfully property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | tear | participle | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: 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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