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sullenly

Who acts: someone, boy, I, she, weasels, river · What happens: mean, temper, sulk, describe, stare, not care · To what, where: dark gloomy weather, keys, grey skies, corner · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Sullenly means in a bad-tempered, silent and unfriendly way, as when someone is sulking.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sullenly	sullenly	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	12 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 way	det
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tempered	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 bad	punct
7	tempered	temper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 way	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 silent	punct
9	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 unfriendly	cc
11	unfriendly	unfriendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 silent	conj
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sulking	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 sulking	mark
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 sulking	advmod
16	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	18 sulking	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 sulking	aux
18	sulking	sulk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						in a tempered silent way; sullenly property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	temper	participle							tree rules
3	sulk	present · progressive	someone						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

Sullenly can describe dark, gloomy weather or water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sullenly	sullenly	ADV	_	3 describe	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 describe	aux
3	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 weather	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dark	punct
6	gloomy	gloomy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 weather	amod
7	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describe	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 water	cc
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 weather	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	can		dark gloomy weather or water				sullenly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent weather=Theme

Example 1

The boy stared sullenly at his plate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stared	nsubj
3	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sullenly	sullenly	ADV	_	3 stared	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 plate	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 plate	nmod:poss
7	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stared	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	past	the boy					at boy's plate; sullenly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at plate=Theme

Example 2

«I don't care,» she muttered sullenly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 care	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 care	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 care	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 care	advmod
5	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 care	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 care	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 muttered	nsubj
9	muttered	mutter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 care	conj
10	sullenly	sullenly	ADV	_	9 muttered	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 care	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not care in a quote	present · do-support	I						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	mutter speech: assert	past	she					sullenly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The weasels sullenly handed back the keys.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weasels	det
2	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 handed	nsubj
3	sullenly	sullenly	ADV	_	4 handed	advmod
4	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 handed	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 keys	det
7	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 handed	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 handed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand back	past	the weasels	the keys				sullenly property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Theme

Example 4

The river flowed sullenly under grey skies.

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 flowed	nsubj
3	flowed	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sullenly	sullenly	ADV	_	3 flowed	advmod
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 skies	case
6	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 skies	amod
7	skies	sky	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flowed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow	past	the river			grey skies		sullenly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under sky=Location

Example 5

He sat sullenly in the corner all afternoon.

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sullenly	sullenly	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	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 afternoon	det
8	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	He			the corner	afternoon	sullenly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location

Example 6

The prisoner answered sullenly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prisoner	det
2	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answered	nsubj
3	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sullenly	sullenly	ADV	_	3 answered	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	the prisoner					sullenly property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=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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