slightingly

Who acts: scornful way, you, He, little sister, She, king · What happens: show, think, speak, draw, laugh · To what, where: little, idea · Speech: someone speaks here

«slightingly» 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: slightingly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a scornful way that shows you think little of someone or something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 way	det
3	scornful	scornful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 way	amod
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 shows	nsubj
6	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 way	acl:relcl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 think	nsubj
8	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 shows	ccomp
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 think	obl:unmarked
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 someone	case
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 little	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 something	cc
13	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 someone	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a scornful way						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	present	you	little					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: 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 spoke slightingly of his little sister's drawing.

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 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slightingly	slightingly	ADV	_	2 spoke	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 drawing	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sister	nmod:poss
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sister	amod
7	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drawing	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 sister	case
9	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	He					of his little sister's drawing; slightingly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	draw		his little sister						nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

She laughed slightingly at my idea.

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	slightingly	slightingly	ADV	_	2 laughed	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 idea	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 idea	nmod:poss
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	She			my idea		slightingly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The king thought slightingly of the poor fisher.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	slightingly	slightingly	ADV	_	3 thought	advmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 fisher	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fisher	det
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fisher	amod
8	fisher	fisher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slightingly	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	the king					slightingly property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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