threateningly

Who acts: way, someone, Darling, you, pistol, He · What happens: mean, warn, not obey, be, know, say · To what, where: pistol · Speech: someone speaks here

«threateningly» 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: threateningly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Threateningly means in a way that warns of harm or punishment if someone does not obey.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Threateningly	threateningly	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 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 warns	nsubj
7	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	acl:relcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 harm	case
9	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 warns	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 punishment	cc
11	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 harm	conj
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 obey	mark
13	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	16 obey	nsubj
14	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 obey	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 obey	advmod
16	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 warns	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present		in a way; threateningly property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	warn speech: warn	present	a way	of harm or punishment	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not obey a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	someone		vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: 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.

Example 1

"I shall be sick, you know," Mr. Darling said threateningly.

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 sick	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 sick	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sick	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 sick	cop
5	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 said	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 know	nsubj
8	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sick	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 sick	punct
11	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Darling	nmod:desc
12	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 said	nsubj
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	threateningly	threateningly	ADV	_	13 said	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	shall	Darling Mr. = darling	sick property	tree rules
2	know in a quote	present	you		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	say speech: assert	past	Darling Mr.	threateningly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

"Put back that pistol first," it said threateningly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Put	punct
2	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 Put	advmod
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 pistol	det
5	pistol	pistol	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Put	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 Put	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Put	parataxis
11	threateningly	threateningly	ADV	_	10 said	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put back in a quote	imperative	you not said here	that pistol				first property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	pistol					threateningly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 3

He spoke very threateningly to the boy.

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 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 threateningly	advmod
4	threateningly	threateningly	ADV	_	2 spoke	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 boy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	He					to the boy; threateningly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to boy=Co-Agent

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