unwittingly
Who acts: It, he, wife · What happens: mean, know, happen, take, give away · To what, where: accident, purpose, wrong road, them
«unwittingly» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: unwittingly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Unwittingly means without knowing, by accident, not on purpose.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unwittingly | unwittingly | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 4 knowing | mark |
| 4 | knowing | know | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 means | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 accident | punct |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 accident | case |
| 7 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knowing | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 purpose | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 purpose | advmod |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 purpose | case |
| 11 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knowing | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | unwittingly property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | know | gerund | accident | purpose | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer accident=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
It so happened that unwittingly he took a wrong road.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 3 happened | advmod |
| 3 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 took | mark |
| 5 | unwittingly | unwittingly | ADV | _ | 7 took | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 took | nsubj |
| 7 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happened | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 road | det |
| 9 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 road | amod |
| 10 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 took | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | It | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | take | past | he | a wrong road | unwittingly property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme |
Example 2
Again his wife gives them away unwittingly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 4 gives | advmod |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 wife | nmod:poss |
| 3 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gives | nsubj |
| 4 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gives | iobj |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 gives | advmod |
| 7 | unwittingly | unwittingly | ADV | _ | 4 gives | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give away | present | his wife | them = they | again | away, unwittingly property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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