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title: intently — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «intently» in the school dictionary: With close attention, with the mind fixed on one thing. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# intently

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**Who acts:** She, fox, He, you · **What happens:** fix, keep, turn, listen, watch, gaze · **To what, where:** mind, one thing, something, hen, attention

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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With close attention, with the mind fixed on one thing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intently:m1:1
# text = With close attention, with the mind fixed on one thing.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | participle |  | the mind *not said here* |  | one thing |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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Keeping the eyes or ears firmly turned to something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intently:m2:1
# text = Keeping the eyes or ears firmly turned to something.
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **turn** | past |  |  |  | something |  | firmly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to something=Trajectory |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She listened intently to the soft voice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intently:x1:1
# text = She listened intently to the soft voice.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	intently	intently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The fox watched the hen intently.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intently:x2:1
# text = The fox watched the hen intently.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	watched	watch	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	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	intently	intently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | the fox | the hen |  |  |  | intently *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He gazed intently at his friend's face.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intently:x3:1
# text = He gazed intently at his friend's face.
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	intently	intently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	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 his friend's face; intently *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at face=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Pay attention intently to the question.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intently:x4:1
# text = Pay attention intently to the question.
1	Pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	intently	intently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* | attention |  |  |  | to the question; intently *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset |

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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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