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sparingly

Who acts: you, glue, writer, She, praise, her · What happens: use, make, eat, apply, praise, mean · To what, where: little, glue, mess, sweets, Water, cream

«sparingly» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: sparingly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Using only a little of something; carefully and not wastefully.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 little	advmod
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 little	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Using	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 little	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Using	punct
8	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	1 Using	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wastefully	cc
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 wastefully	advmod
11	wastefully	wastefully	ADV	_	8 carefully	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Using	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund		a little				carefully property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Patient

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

Use the glue sparingly or it will make a mess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 glue	det
3	glue	glue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	sparingly	sparingly	ADV	_	1 Use	advmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 make	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 make	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 make	aux
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Use	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mess	det
10	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the glue				sparingly property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glue=Patient
2	make	future	glue	a mess					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material mess=Product

Example 2

Eat sweets sparingly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Eat	obj
3	sparingly	sparingly	ADV	_	1 Eat	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	imperative	you not said here	sweets				sparingly property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient

Example 3

Water was used sparingly during the drought.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	sparingly	sparingly	ADV	_	3 used	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 drought	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 drought	det
7	drought	drought	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · passive		Water			during the drought	sparingly property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 4

Apply the cream sparingly to the rash.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Apply	apply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cream	det
3	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Apply	obj
4	sparingly	sparingly	ADV	_	1 Apply	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 rash	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rash	det
7	rash	rash	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Apply	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Apply	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	imperative	you not said here	the cream				to the rash; sparingly property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Theme

Example 5

The writer used capital letters sparingly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 writer	det
2	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	capital	capital	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 letters	amod
5	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	obj
6	sparingly	sparingly	ADV	_	3 used	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the writer	capital letters				sparingly property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient

Example 6

She praised us sparingly, so her praise meant a lot.

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 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 praised	obj
4	sparingly	sparingly	ADV	_	2 praised	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 meant	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 meant	advmod
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 praise	nmod:poss
8	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 meant	nsubj
9	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 praised	parataxis
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lot	det
11	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 meant	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 praised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	She	us				sparingly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme
2	mean	past	her praise	a lot					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic
3	praise		her = she						nom praise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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