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title: artfully — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «artfully» in the school dictionary: Artfully means in a clever, sly way, often to get what you want without anyone noticing. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# artfully

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**Who acts:** you, anyone, He, one, fox, She · **What happens:** mean, get, want, notice, hide, find · **To what, where:** sweets, hen, corn, subject

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Artfully means in a clever, sly way, often to get what you want without anyone noticing.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artfully:m1:1
# text = Artfully means in a clever, sly way, often to get what you want without anyone noticing.
1	Artfully	artfully	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	_	8	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	sly	sly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	18	nsubj	_	_
18	noticing	notice	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 clever sly way; artfully *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 3 | **want** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **notice** | gerund | anyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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He artfully hid the sweets so that no one could find them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artfully:x1:1
# text = He artfully hid the sweets so that no one could find them.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	artfully	artfully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | He | the sweets |  |  |  | artfully *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | could | no one | sweets *= sweet* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The fox artfully asked the hen to fetch the corn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artfully:x2:1
# text = The fox artfully asked the hen to fetch the corn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	artfully	artfully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the fox |  | the hen |  |  | artfully *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent hen=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fetch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | the corn |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She artfully changed the subject.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artfully:x3:1
# text = She artfully changed the subject.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	artfully	artfully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past | She | the subject |  |  |  | artfully *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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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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