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title: amicably — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «amicably» in the school dictionary: Amicably means in a friendly way, without quarrelling: «to settle a dispute amicably». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# amicably

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**Who acts:** two friends, Peter, They · **What happens:** mean, quarrell, settle, reply, share · **To what, where:** dispute, quarrel, cake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«amicably» 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: [amicably in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/amicably.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Amicably means in a friendly way, without quarrelling: «to settle a dispute amicably».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amicably:m1:1
# text = Amicably means in a friendly way, without quarrelling: «to settle a dispute amicably».
1	Amicably	amicably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	quarrelling	quarrell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	amicably	amicably	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | in a friendly way; amicably *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute |
| 2 | **quarrell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **settle** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | a dispute |  |  |  | amicably *property* | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme dispute=Location |

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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 {#x1}

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The two friends settled the quarrel amicably.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amicably:x1:1
# text = The two friends settled the quarrel amicably.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	settled	settle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	amicably	amicably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **settle** | past | the two friends | the quarrel |  |  |  | amicably *property* | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme quarrel=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Hullo,» replied Peter amicably.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amicably:x2:1
# text = «Hullo,» replied Peter amicably.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hullo	hullo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
5	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
7	amicably	amicably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Peter |  |  |  |  | amicably *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They shared the cake amicably.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amicably:x3:1
# text = They shared the cake amicably.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shared	share	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	amicably	amicably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | past | They | the cake |  |  |  | amicably *property* | tree rules |

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**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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