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title: fixedly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fixedly» in the school dictionary: With the eyes or attention held steadily on one thing, without looking away. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fixedly

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**Who acts:** cat, He, She, owl · **What happens:** hold, look away, stare, gaze, look, watch · **To what, where:** attention, one thing, branch

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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With the eyes or attention held steadily on one thing, without looking away.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fixedly:m1:1
# text = With the eyes or attention held steadily on one thing, without looking away.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	steadily	steadily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | attention *not said here* |  | one thing |  | steadily *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on thing=Location |
| 2 | **look away** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cat stared fixedly at the mouse hole.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fixedly:x1:1
# text = The cat stared fixedly at the mouse hole.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stared	stare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fixedly	fixedly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hole	hole	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 | **stare** | past | the cat |  |  |  |  | at the mouse hole; fixedly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at hole=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He gazed fixedly at the sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fixedly:x2:1
# text = He gazed fixedly at the sea.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gazed	gaze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fixedly	fixedly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gaze** | past | He |  |  |  |  | at the sea; fixedly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sea=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She looked fixedly at the monster.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fixedly:x3:1
# text = She looked fixedly at the monster.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fixedly	fixedly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The owl watched fixedly from the branch.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fixedly:x4:1
# text = The owl watched fixedly from the branch.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fixedly	fixedly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | the owl |  |  | the branch |  | fixedly *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

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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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