--- title: laughingly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics description: «laughingly» in the school dictionary: Laughingly means while laughing, or in a playful, teasing way. 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The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [laughingly in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/laughingly.md). ## Meaning 1 {#m1} Laughingly means while laughing, or in a playful, teasing way. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:laughingly:m1:1 # text = Laughingly means while laughing, or in a playful, teasing way. 1 Laughingly laughingly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 while while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 playful playful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 teasing tease VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 amod _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | laughingly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **laugh** | gerund | | | | | | in a playful teasing way | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in way=Theme | | 3 | **tease** | gerund | | | | | | | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} «Catch me!» she said laughingly. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:laughingly:x1:1 # text = «Catch me!» she said laughingly. 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 laughingly laughingly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** *in a quote* | infinitive | | me | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | she | | | | | laughingly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ## Example 2 {#x2} The monkey replied laughingly. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:laughingly:x2:1 # text = The monkey replied laughingly. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 laughingly laughingly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the monkey | | | | | laughingly *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## Example 3 {#x3} He laughingly gave the coin away. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:laughingly:x3:1 # text = He laughingly gave the coin away. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 laughingly laughingly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 gave give 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 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give away** | past | He | the coin | | | | away, laughingly *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent coin=Theme | **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. - ← previous: [laughing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laughing/) - next →: [laughingstock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laughingstock/) - ↑ back to [L in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/)