steadfastly

Who acts: character, He, She, her, dog · What happens: mean, move, give up, stand, keep, not turn away · To what, where: gate

«steadfastly» 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: steadfastly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Steadfastly means in a firm, steady way, without moving or giving up. A character who stands steadfastly keeps still and does not turn away.

Sentence 1: Steadfastly means in a firm, steady way, without moving or giving up.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Steadfastly	steadfastly	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 firm	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 firm	det
5	firm	firm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct
7	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 firm	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 moving	punct
10	without	without	SCONJ	_	11 moving	mark
11	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 giving	cc
13	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 moving	conj
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 giving	compound:prt
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	mean	present	in a firm and steady way; steadfastly property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in firm=Attribute
2	move	gerund		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	give up	gerund		vn resign-10.11-2 «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.

Sentence 2: A character who stands steadfastly keeps still and does not turn away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 character	det
2	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 stands	nsubj
4	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 character	acl:relcl
5	steadfastly	steadfastly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stands	xcomp
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	still	still	ADV	_	6 keeps	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 turn	cc
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 turn	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 turn	advmod
11	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 keeps	conj
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 turn	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	a character		steadfastly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	present	a character	still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	not turn away	present · do-support	a character not said here		away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

He stood steadfastly by his friend.

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 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	steadfastly	steadfastly	ADV	_	2 stood	advmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 friend	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friend	nmod:poss
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	He					by his friend; steadfastly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by friend=Location

Example 2

She kept steadfastly to her plan.

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	steadfastly	steadfastly	ADV	_	2 kept	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 plan	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 plan	nmod:poss
6	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	She					to her plan; steadfastly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	plan		her = she						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The dog waited steadfastly at the gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	nsubj
3	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	steadfastly	steadfastly	ADV	_	3 waited	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	the dog			the gate		steadfastly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location

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