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title: horribly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «horribly» in the school dictionary: In a horrible way; very badly or unpleasantly. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# horribly

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**Who acts:** dog, noise, cake, bridge · **What happens:** smell, frighten, taste, grieve, die, be · **To what, where:** princess, He

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«horribly» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: [horribly in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/horribly.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a horrible way; very badly or unpleasantly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:horribly:m1:1
# text = In a horrible way; very badly or unpleasantly.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	horrible	horrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	unpleasantly	unpleasantly	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Very much; extremely, as in «horribly afraid».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:horribly:m2:1
# text = Very much; extremely, as in «horribly afraid».
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	extremely	extremely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	horribly	horribly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The dog smelled horribly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:horribly:x1:1
# text = The dog smelled horribly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	horribly	horribly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | past | the dog |  |  |  |  | horribly *property* | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP.location V»: agent=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The princess was horribly frightened by the noise.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:horribly:x2:1
# text = The princess was horribly frightened by the noise.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	horribly	horribly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | past · passive | the noise | the princess |  |  |  | horribly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The cake tasted horribly sour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:horribly:x3:1
# text = The cake tasted horribly sour.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tasted	taste	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	horribly	horribly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | past | the cake |  |  |  |  | sour *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was horribly grieved when his dog died.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:horribly:x4:1
# text = He was horribly grieved when his dog died.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	horribly	horribly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	grieved	grieve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grieve** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | horribly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **die** | past | his dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bridge was horribly high.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:horribly:x5:1
# text = The bridge was horribly high.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	horribly	horribly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the bridge |  |  |  |  | high, horribly *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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