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title: favorably — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «favorably» in the school dictionary: In a way that shows approval or liking: he looked favorably on the plan. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# favorably

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**Who acts:** way, he, king, cake, She · **What happens:** show, like, look, compare, mean, judge · **To what, where:** approval, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«favorably» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [favorably in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/favorably.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a way that shows approval or liking: he looked favorably on the plan.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:favorably:m1:1
# text = In a way that shows approval or liking: he looked favorably on the plan.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	approval	approval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	liking	like	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	favorably	favorably	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a way | approval |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent approval=Recipient |
| 2 | **like** | gerund | a way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **look** | past | he |  |  |  |  | on the plan; in a way; favorably *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in way=Theme |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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«Compare favorably» means to be judged as good as or better than something.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:favorably:m2:1
# text = «Compare favorably» means to be judged as good as or better than something.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Compare	compare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	nsubj	_	_
3	favorably	favorably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	judged	judge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
9	as	as	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	conj	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compare** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | favorably *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **judge** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S» |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The king looked favorably on the young prince.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:favorably:x1:1
# text = The king looked favorably on the young prince.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	favorably	favorably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the king |  |  |  |  | on the young prince; favorably *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on prince=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our cake compares favorably with yours.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:favorably:x2:1
# text = Our cake compares favorably with yours.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	compares	compare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	favorably	favorably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compare** | present | Our cake |  |  |  |  | with yours; favorably *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent with your=Co-Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was favorably inclined to help us.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:favorably:x3:1
# text = She was favorably inclined to help us.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	favorably	favorably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	inclined	inclined	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | favorably, inclined *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  | us |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary |

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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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