soothingly Who acts: calm gentle way, someone, Mum, Ratty, river, vet · What happens: make, feel, speak, cry, say, murmur · To what, where: someone, dark, frightened dog, sunburn, great lie · Speech: someone speaks here
«soothingly» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: soothingly in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 In a calm, gentle way that makes someone feel less upset, worried or in pain.
The tree, 15 words case det amod punct amod nsubj acl:relcl obj xcomp advmod xcomp punct conj cc case conj punct root In ADP a DET calm ADJ , PUNCT gentle ADJ way NOUN that PRON makes VERB someone PRON feel VERB less ADV upset ADJ , PUNCT worried ADJ or CCONJ in ADP pain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 6 way case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 way det 3 calm calm ADJ Degree=Pos 6 way amod 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 calm punct 5 gentle gentle ADJ Degree=Pos 6 way amod 6 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 that that PRON PronType=Rel 8 makes nsubj 8 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 way acl:relcl 9 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 makes obj 10 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 makes xcomp 11 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 12 upset advmod 12 upset upset ADJ Degree=Pos 10 feel xcomp 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 worried punct 14 worried worried ADJ Degree=Pos 12 upset conj 15 or or CCONJ _ 17 pain cc 16 in in ADP _ 17 pain case 17 pain pain NOUN Number=Sing 12 upset conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 6 way punct
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1 make present a calm gentle way someone tree rules 2 feel infinitive someone not said here upset property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
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 Mum spoke soothingly to the crying baby.
nsubj advmod case det amod obl punct root Mum NOUN spoke VERB soothingly ADV to ADP the DET crying VERB baby NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 spoke nsubj 2 spoke speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 soothingly soothingly ADV _ 2 spoke advmod 4 to to ADP _ 7 baby case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 baby det 6 crying cry VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 baby amod 7 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 2 spoke obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 spoke punct
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1 speak speech: other past Mum to the crying baby; soothingly property vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to baby=Co-Agent 2 cry speech: express gerund vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 «There, there,» said Ratty soothingly.
punct expl punct advmod punct punct nsubj advmod punct root « PUNCT There PRON , PUNCT there ADV , PUNCT » PUNCT said VERB Ratty PROPN soothingly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 4 there punct 2 There there PRON PronType=Dem 4 there expl 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 there punct 4 there there ADV PronType=Dem 7 said advmod 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 there punct 6 » » PUNCT _ 4 there punct 7 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 Ratty Ratty PROPN Number=Sing 7 said nsubj 9 soothingly soothingly ADV _ 7 said advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past Ratty there soothingly property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Example 3 The river murmured soothingly in the dark.
det nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET river NOUN murmured VERB soothingly ADV in ADP the DET dark NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 river det 2 river river NOUN Number=Sing 3 murmured nsubj 3 murmured murmur VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 soothingly soothingly ADV _ 3 murmured advmod 5 in in ADP _ 7 dark case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 dark det 7 dark dark NOUN Number=Sing 3 murmured obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 murmured punct
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1 murmur speech: other past the river the dark soothingly property vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location
Example 4 The vet stroked the frightened dog soothingly.
det nsubj det amod obj advmod punct root The DET vet NOUN stroked VERB the DET frightened ADJ dog NOUN soothingly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 vet det 2 vet vet NOUN Number=Sing 3 stroked nsubj 3 stroked stroke VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 dog det 5 frightened frightened ADJ Degree=Pos 6 dog amod 6 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 3 stroked obj 7 soothingly soothingly ADV _ 3 stroked advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 stroked punct
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1 stroke past the vet the frightened dog soothingly property vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Experiencer
Example 5 The cream felt soothingly cool on my sunburn.
det nsubj advmod xcomp case nmod:poss obl punct root The DET cream NOUN felt VERB soothingly ADV cool ADJ on ADP my PRON sunburn NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cream det 2 cream cream NOUN Number=Sing 3 felt nsubj 3 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 soothingly soothingly ADV _ 5 cool advmod 5 cool cool ADJ Degree=Pos 3 felt xcomp 6 on on ADP _ 8 sunburn case 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 sunburn nmod:poss 8 sunburn sunburn NOUN Number=Sing 3 felt obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 felt punct
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1 feel past the cream my sunburn cool property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 2 sunburn my nom sunburn «state intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 6 She hummed soothingly until he fell asleep.
nsubj advmod mark nsubj advcl xcomp punct root She PRON hummed VERB soothingly ADV until SCONJ he PRON fell VERB asleep ADJ . PUNCT 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 hummed nsubj 2 hummed hum VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 soothingly soothingly ADV _ 2 hummed advmod 4 until until SCONJ _ 6 fell mark 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 fell nsubj 6 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 hummed advcl 7 asleep asleep ADJ Degree=Pos 6 fell xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 hummed punct
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1 hum past She soothingly property vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location 2 fall past he asleep property vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 7 “It is not a great lie,” said Fionn soothingly.
punct nsubj cop advmod det amod nsubj punct punct nsubj advmod punct root “ PUNCT It PRON is AUX not PART a DET great ADJ lie NOUN , PUNCT ” PUNCT said VERB Fionn PROPN soothingly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 “ " PUNCT _ 7 lie punct 2 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 lie nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 lie cop 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 lie advmod 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 lie det 6 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 7 lie amod 7 lie lie NOUN Number=Sing 10 said nsubj 8 , , PUNCT _ 7 lie punct 9 ” " PUNCT _ 7 lie punct 10 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 11 Fionn Fionn PROPN Number=Sing 10 said nsubj 12 soothingly soothingly ADV _ 10 said advmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 10 said punct
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1 not is a in a quote present It a great lie tree rules 2 say speech: assert past a great lie soothingly property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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