sulkily Who acts: you, I, he, Dormouse, She, Toad · What happens: be, not get, not want, say, answer, sit · To what, where: way, corner, motor cars, toys · Speech: someone speaks here
«sulkily» 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: sulkily in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 In a sulky way: quiet, cross and unwilling to be friendly because you are upset or did not get your way.
The tree, 21 words case det amod punct amod punct conj cc conj mark cop xcomp mark nsubj cop advcl cc aux advmod conj nmod:poss obj punct root In ADP a DET sulky ADJ way NOUN : PUNCT quiet ADJ , PUNCT cross ADJ and CCONJ unwilling ADJ to PART be AUX friendly ADJ because SCONJ you PRON are AUX upset ADJ or CCONJ did AUX not PART get VERB your PRON way NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 way case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 way det 3 sulky sulky ADJ Degree=Pos 4 way amod 4 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 : : PUNCT _ 6 quiet punct 6 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 4 way amod 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 cross punct 8 cross cross ADJ Degree=Pos 6 quiet conj 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 unwilling cc 10 unwilling unwilling ADJ Degree=Pos 6 quiet conj 11 to to PART _ 13 friendly mark 12 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 13 friendly cop 13 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos 10 unwilling xcomp 14 because because SCONJ _ 17 upset mark 15 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 17 upset nsubj 16 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 upset cop 17 upset upset ADJ Degree=Pos 6 quiet advcl 18 or or CCONJ _ 21 get cc 19 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 21 get aux 20 not not PART Polarity=Neg 21 get advmod 21 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 17 upset conj 22 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 23 way nmod:poss 23 way way NOUN Number=Sing 21 get obj 24 . . PUNCT _ 4 way punct
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1 is to-infinitive friendly property tree rules 2 is present you upset property tree rules 3 not get past · do-support you not said here your way vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=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 «I don't want to,» he said sulkily.
punct nsubj aux advmod ccomp xcomp punct punct nsubj advmod punct root « PUNCT I PRON do AUX n't PART want VERB to PART , PUNCT » PUNCT he PRON said VERB sulkily ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 want punct 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 want nsubj 3 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 want aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 want advmod 5 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 said ccomp 6 to to PART _ 5 want xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 5 want punct 8 » » PUNCT _ 5 want punct 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 said nsubj 10 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 11 sulkily sulkily ADV _ 10 said advmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 10 said punct
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1 not want in a quote present · do-support I vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot 2 say speech: assert past he sulkily property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
Example 2 The Dormouse answered sulkily.
det nsubj advmod punct root The DET Dormouse PROPN answered VERB sulkily ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Dormouse det 2 Dormouse Dormouse PROPN Number=Sing 3 answered nsubj 3 answered answer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 sulkily sulkily ADV _ 3 answered advmod 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 answered punct
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1 answer speech: assert past the Dormouse sulkily property vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 She sat sulkily in the corner.
nsubj advmod case det obl punct root She PRON sat VERB sulkily ADV in ADP the DET corner NOUN . 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 sat nsubj 2 sat sit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 sulkily sulkily ADV _ 2 sat advmod 4 in in ADP _ 6 corner case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 corner det 6 corner corner NOUN Number=Sing 2 sat obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 sat punct
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1 sit past She the corner sulkily property vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location
Example 4 Toad sulkily agreed to give up motor cars.
nsubj advmod mark xcomp compound:prt compound obj punct root Toad PROPN sulkily ADV agreed VERB to PART give VERB up ADP motor NOUN cars NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 3 agreed nsubj 2 sulkily sulkily ADV _ 3 agreed advmod 3 agreed agree VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 give mark 5 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 agreed xcomp 6 up up ADP _ 5 give compound:prt 7 motor motor NOUN Number=Sing 8 cars compound 8 cars car NOUN Number=Plur 5 give obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 agreed punct
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1 agree speech: agree past Toad sulkily property vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 give up not said to happen to-infinitive Toad not said here motor cars vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Source
Example 5 My brother sulkily put his toys away.
nmod:poss nsubj advmod nmod:poss obj advmod punct root My PRON brother NOUN sulkily ADV put VERB his PRON toys NOUN away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 4 put nsubj 3 sulkily sulkily ADV _ 4 put advmod 4 put put VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 toys nmod:poss 6 toys toy NOUN Number=Plur 4 put obj 7 away away ADV _ 4 put advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 put punct
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1 put away past My brother brother's toys away, sulkily property vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent toy=Goal
Example 6 The cat walked off sulkily after its bath.
det nsubj compound:prt advmod case nmod:poss obl punct root The DET cat NOUN walked VERB off ADP sulkily ADV after ADP its PRON bath NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cat det 2 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 3 walked nsubj 3 walked walk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 off off ADP _ 3 walked compound:prt 5 sulkily sulkily ADV _ 3 walked advmod 6 after after ADP _ 8 bath case 7 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 bath nmod:poss 8 bath bath NOUN Number=Sing 3 walked obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 walked punct
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1 walk off past the cat after cat's bath sulkily property vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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