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slowly

Who acts: you, ice, tortoise, snail, Rocks, sun · What happens: walk, melt, read, move, wear away, chew · To what, where: question, leaf, wet floor, food

«slowly» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: slowly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

At a low speed, not fast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 speed	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 speed	det
3	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 speed	amod
4	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fast	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 fast	advmod
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 speed	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 speed	punct

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

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"Walk slowly."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Walk	punct
2	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 Walk	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Walk	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk in a quote	imperative	you not said here					slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Meaning 2

Over a long time, bit by bit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Over	over	ADP	_	4 time	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 time	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 time	amod
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 time	appos
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 bit	case
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 time	punct

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

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"The ice slowly melted."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 melted	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ice	det
3	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 melted	nsubj
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 melted	advmod
5	melted	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 melted	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 melted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt in a quote	past	the ice					slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 1

The tortoise walked slowly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tortoise	det
2	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	nsubj
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 walked	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	the tortoise					slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Read the question slowly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 question	det
3	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Read	obj
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Read	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	imperative	you not said here	the question				slowly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Topic

Example 3

The snail moved slowly across the leaf.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snail	det
2	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	nsubj
3	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 moved	advmod
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 leaf	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 leaf	det
7	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 moved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	the snail			the leaf		slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme across leaf=Trajectory

Example 4

Walk slowly on the wet floor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 floor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 floor	det
5	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 floor	amod
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			the wet floor		slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Trajectory

Example 5

Rocks wear away slowly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wear	nsubj
2	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 wear	advmod
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 wear	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear away	present	Rocks					away, slowly property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Chew your food slowly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chew	chew	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 food	nmod:poss
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Chew	obj
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Chew	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Chew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chew	imperative	you not said here	your food				slowly property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

Example 7

Slowly, the sun went down.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Slowly	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sun	det
4	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	down	down	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go down	past	the sun					down, slowly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 8

Back away slowly from a strange dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Back	back	ADV	_	2 away	advmod
2	away	away	ADV	_	root	root
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 away	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 dog	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
6	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 away	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 away	punct

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

Example 9

The two women walked very slowly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 women	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 women	nummod
3	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 walked	nsubj
4	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 slowly	advmod
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 walked	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	the two women					slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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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