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title: lazily — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lazily» in the school dictionary: In a lazy way, without effort or energy: «He lazily picked up a pen.». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lazily

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**Who acts:** He, river, Rat, Smoke, We, Leopard · **What happens:** pick up, flow, stretch, drift, copy, think · **To what, where:** pen, relaxed way, cat, sun., answer, chimney

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«lazily» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [lazily in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lazily.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a lazy way, without effort or energy: «He lazily picked up a pen.».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lazily:m1:1
# text = In a lazy way, without effort or energy: «He lazily picked up a pen.».
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	lazily	lazily	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** *in a quote* | past | He | a pen |  |  |  | lazily *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=Topic |

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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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Slowly and gently, in a relaxed way: «The river flowed lazily.».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lazily:m2:1
# text = Slowly and gently, in a relaxed way: «The river flowed lazily.».
1	Slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	relaxed	relaxed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	flowed	flow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	lazily	lazily	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** *in a quote* | past | the river | a relaxed way *not said here* |  |  |  | lazily *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The river flowed lazily past the meadow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lazily:x1:1
# text = The river flowed lazily past the meadow.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flowed	flow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lazily	lazily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	past	past	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	meadow	meadow	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 | **flow** | past | the river |  |  |  |  | past the meadow; lazily *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cat stretched lazily in the sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lazily:x2:1
# text = The cat stretched lazily in the sun.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	lazily	lazily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | participle |  | the cat *not said here* |  | the sun. |  | lazily *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The Rat and the Mole drifted lazily downstream.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lazily:x3:1
# text = The Rat and the Mole drifted lazily downstream.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	drifted	drift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	lazily	lazily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	downstream	downstream	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift** | past | the Rat and the Mole |  |  |  |  | downstream *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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He lazily copied the answer without thinking.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lazily:x4:1
# text = He lazily copied the answer without thinking.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	lazily	lazily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	copied	copy	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	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | past | He | the answer |  |  |  | lazily *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Smoke rose lazily from the chimney.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lazily:x5:1
# text = Smoke rose lazily from the chimney.
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lazily	lazily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chimney	chimney	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 | **rise** | past | Smoke |  |  | the chimney |  | lazily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from chimney=Initial\_Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We spent the morning lazily in our pyjamas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lazily:x6:1
# text = We spent the morning lazily in our pyjamas.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spent	spend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	lazily	lazily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	pyjamas	pyjama	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **spend** | past | We |  |  | our pyjamas | morning | lazily *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

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The Leopard was about to lose his temper when the Fox got up, yawning lazily.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lazily:x7:1
# text = The Leopard was about to lose his temper when the Fox got up, yawning lazily.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	temper	temper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	yawning	yawn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	advcl	_	_
16	lazily	lazily	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Leopard |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | to-infinitive | the Leopard *not said here* | Leopard's temper |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temper=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get up** | past | the Fox |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **yawn** | gerund | the Fox *not said here* |  |  |  |  | lazily *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **temper** |  | Leopard |  |  |  |  |  | nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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