stiffly

Who acts: body, she, Grandpa, I, soldier, robot · What happens: mean, bend, be, answer, get up, walk · To what, where: cold, chair, car, you, arms, frozen washing · Speech: someone speaks here

«stiffly» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: stiffly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Stiffly means in a stiff way, without bending easily, as when your body is sore or cold.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stiffly	stiffly	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bending	punct
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 bending	mark
9	bending	bend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
10	easily	easily	ADV	_	9 bending	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sore	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 sore	mark
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 sore	advmod
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 body	nmod:poss
15	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sore	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 sore	cop
17	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bending	parataxis
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 cold	cc
19	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 sore	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present		in a stiff way; stiffly property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	bend	gerund		easily property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	your body	sore property	tree rules
4	be		your body not said here		tree rules

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.

Meaning 2

Stiffly means in a cold, formal, unfriendly way: «she answered stiffly».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stiffly	stiffly	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 cold	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cold	det
5	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 way	punct
7	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 formal	punct
9	unfriendly	unfriendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cold	conj
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 answered	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 answered	punct
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 answered	nsubj
14	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
15	stiffly	stiffly	ADV	_	14 answered	advmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 answered	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present				a cold and formal unfriendly way		stiffly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	answer speech: assert in a quote	past	she					stiffly property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Grandpa got up stiffly from his chair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADV	_	2 got	advmod
4	stiffly	stiffly	ADV	_	2 got	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 chair	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 chair	nmod:poss
7	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get up	past	Grandpa			Grandpa's chair		stiffly property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from chair=Destination

Example 2

After the race I walked stiffly to the car.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 race	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 race	det
3	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walked	obl
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 walked	nsubj
5	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	stiffly	stiffly	ADV	_	5 walked	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 car	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 car	det
9	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walked	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	I			the car	after the race	stiffly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to car=Destination

Example 3

The soldier stood stiffly to attention.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldier	det
2	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	stiffly	stiffly	ADV	_	3 stood	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 attention	case
6	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the soldier					to attention; stiffly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

«No, thank you,» she said stiffly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 thank	punct
2	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 thank	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thank	punct
4	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 thank	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thank	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 thank	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thank	parataxis
10	stiffly	stiffly	ADV	_	9 said	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 thank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank in a quote	present			you				tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	she					stiffly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The robot moved its arms stiffly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 robot	det
2	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	nsubj
3	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 arms	nmod:poss
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 moved	obj
6	stiffly	stiffly	ADV	_	3 moved	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 moved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	the robot	robot's arms				stiffly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent arm=Theme

Example 6

He bowed stiffly to the guests.

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 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stiffly	stiffly	ADV	_	2 bowed	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 guests	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 guests	det
6	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bowed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	He					to the guests; stiffly property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to guest=Pivot

Example 7

The frozen washing hung stiffly on the line.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 washing	det
2	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 washing	amod
3	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 washing	acl
5	stiffly	stiffly	ADV	_	4 hung	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 line	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 line	det
8	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hung	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 washing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	hang	participle		the frozen washing not said here		the line		stiffly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on line=Location

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