weirdly Who acts: something, house, we, cat, He, I · What happens: mean, show, be, start, get, like · To what, where: enough, sentence, cucumbers, test · Speech: someone speaks here
«weirdly» 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: weirdly in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Weirdly means in a strange or unusual way.
advmod case det amod cc conj obl punct root Weirdly ADV means VERB in ADP a DET strange ADJ or CCONJ unusual ADJ way NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Weirdly weirdly ADV _ 2 means advmod 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 8 way case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 way det 5 strange strange ADJ Degree=Pos 8 way amod 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 unusual cc 7 unusual unusual ADJ Degree=Pos 5 strange conj 8 way way NOUN Number=Sing 2 means obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present in a strange way; weirdly property vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
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 Weirdly (at the start of a sentence) means "strangely enough", to show that something is surprising.
The tree, 16 words nsubj punct case det appos case det nmod punct punct advmod obj punct punct mark conj mark nsubj cop ccomp punct root Weirdly ADV ( PUNCT at ADP the DET start NOUN of ADP a DET sentence NOUN ) PUNCT means VERB " PUNCT strangely ADV enough ADJ " PUNCT , PUNCT to PART show VERB that SCONJ something PRON is AUX surprising ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Weirdly weirdly ADV _ 10 means nsubj 2 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 start punct 3 at at ADP _ 5 start case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 start det 5 start start NOUN Number=Sing 1 Weirdly appos 6 of of ADP _ 8 sentence case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 sentence det 8 sentence sentence NOUN Number=Sing 5 start nmod 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 start punct 10 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 11 " " PUNCT _ 13 enough punct 12 strangely strangely ADV _ 13 enough advmod 13 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos 10 means obj 14 " " PUNCT _ 13 enough punct 15 , , PUNCT _ 17 show punct 16 to to PART _ 17 show mark 17 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 means conj 18 that that SCONJ _ 21 surprising mark 19 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 21 surprising nsubj 20 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 21 surprising cop 21 surprising surprising ADJ Degree=Pos 17 show ccomp 22 . . PUNCT _ 10 means punct
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1 mean present enough vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enough=Topic 2 show to-infinitive vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is present something surprising property tree rules 4 start a sentence nom start «event transitive»: of=patient
Example 1 The house was weirdly quiet when we got home.
det nsubj cop advmod advmod nsubj advcl advmod punct root The DET house NOUN was AUX weirdly ADV quiet ADJ when ADV we PRON got VERB home ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 house det 2 house house NOUN Number=Sing 5 quiet nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 quiet cop 4 weirdly weirdly ADV _ 5 quiet advmod 5 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 when when ADV PronType=Int 8 got advmod 7 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 got nsubj 8 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 quiet advcl 9 home home ADV _ 8 got advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 quiet punct
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1 is past the house quiet, weirdly property tree rules 2 get past we home property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Example 2 Weirdly, the cat likes cucumbers.
advmod punct det nsubj obj punct root Weirdly ADV , PUNCT the DET cat NOUN likes VERB cucumbers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Weirdly weirdly ADV _ 5 likes advmod 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Weirdly punct 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 cat det 4 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 5 likes nsubj 5 likes like VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 cucumbers cucumber NOUN Number=Plur 5 likes obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 likes punct
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1 like present the cat cucumbers weirdly property vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cucumber=Theme
Example 3 He was acting weirdly all morning.
nsubj aux advmod det obl:unmarked punct root He PRON was AUX acting VERB weirdly ADV all DET morning NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 acting nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 acting aux 3 acting act VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 weirdly weirdly ADV _ 3 acting advmod 5 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 morning det 6 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 3 acting obl:unmarked 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 acting punct
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1 act past · progressive He morning weirdly property vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 Weirdly enough, I passed the test without studying.
advmod advmod punct nsubj det obj mark advcl punct root Weirdly ADV enough ADV , PUNCT I PRON passed VERB the DET test NOUN without SCONJ studying VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Weirdly weirdly ADV _ 5 passed advmod 2 enough enough ADV _ 1 Weirdly advmod 3 , , PUNCT _ 1 Weirdly punct 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 passed nsubj 5 passed pass VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 test det 7 test test NOUN Number=Sing 5 passed obj 8 without without SCONJ _ 9 studying mark 9 studying study VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 passed advcl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 passed punct
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1 pass past I the test weirdly property vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme test=Trajectory 2 study gerund I not said here vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 The sky looked weirdly green before the storm.
det nsubj advmod xcomp case det obl punct root The DET sky NOUN looked VERB weirdly ADV green ADJ before ADP the DET storm NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sky det 2 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 3 looked nsubj 3 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 weirdly weirdly ADV _ 5 green advmod 5 green green ADJ Degree=Pos 3 looked xcomp 6 before before ADP _ 8 storm case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 storm det 8 storm storm NOUN Number=Sing 3 looked obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 looked punct
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1 look past the sky before the storm green property vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent before storm=Theme
Example 6 The clock stopped, weirdly, at midnight.
det nsubj punct advmod punct case conj punct root The DET clock NOUN stopped VERB , PUNCT weirdly ADV , PUNCT at ADP midnight NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 clock det 2 clock clock NOUN Number=Sing 3 stopped nsubj 3 stopped stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 weirdly punct 5 weirdly weirdly ADV _ 3 stopped advmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 midnight punct 7 at at ADP _ 8 midnight case 8 midnight midnight NOUN Number=Sing 3 stopped conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 stopped punct
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1 stop past the clock weirdly property vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
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