wretchedly
Who acts: He, thorns · What happens: mean, live, make, break, hold, die · To what, where: cold attic, toy, them
«wretchedly» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: wretchedly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Wretchedly means in a very unhappy, miserable way.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wretchedly | wretchedly | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 way | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 way | det |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 unhappy | advmod |
| 6 | unhappy | unhappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 way | amod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 unhappy | punct |
| 8 | miserable | miserable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 way | amod |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | in a unhappy miserable way; wretchedly 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
Wretchedly means very badly or poorly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wretchedly | wretchedly | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 badly | advmod |
| 4 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 means | advmod |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 poorly | cc |
| 6 | poorly | poorly | ADV | _ | 4 badly | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | badly, wretchedly property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
He lived wretchedly in a cold attic.
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 lived | nsubj |
| 2 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wretchedly | wretchedly | ADV | _ | 2 lived | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 attic | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 attic | det |
| 6 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 attic | amod |
| 7 | attic | attic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lived | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 lived | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | He | a cold attic | wretchedly property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in attic=Location |
Example 2
The toy was wretchedly made and broke at once.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 toy | det |
| 2 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | wretchedly | wretchedly | ADV | _ | 5 made | advmod |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 broke | cc |
| 7 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | conj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 once | case |
| 9 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 broke | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | the toy | wretchedly property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | break | past | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location |
Example 3
The thorns held them fast, and they died wretchedly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 thorns | det |
| 2 | thorns | thorn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 held | nsubj |
| 3 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 held | obj |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 held | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 died | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 died | cc |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 died | nsubj |
| 9 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 held | conj |
| 10 | wretchedly | wretchedly | ADV | _ | 9 died | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 held | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | the thorns | them = they | fast property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 2 | die | past | thorns = thorn | wretchedly property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Example 4
Nothing for maths.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 maths | case |
| 3 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Nothing | nmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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