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title: miserably — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «miserably» in the school dictionary: In a very unhappy or wretched way; sadly and with misery. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# miserably

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**Who acts:** puppy, He, They · **What happens:** whine, sit, lose, live · **To what, where:** rain, damp cottage

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«miserably» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [miserably in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/miserably.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a very unhappy or wretched way; sadly and with misery.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:miserably:m1:1
# text = In a very unhappy or wretched way; sadly and with misery.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wretched	wretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	misery	misery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The puppy whined miserably in the rain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:miserably:x1:1
# text = The puppy whined miserably in the rain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	whined	whine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	miserably	miserably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rain	rain	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 | **whine** | past | the puppy |  |  | the rain |  | miserably *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rain=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He sat miserably on the step after losing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:miserably:x2:1
# text = He sat miserably on the step after losing.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	miserably	miserably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | He |  |  |  |  | on the step; miserably *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location |
| 2 | **lose** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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They lived miserably in a damp cottage.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:miserably:x3:1
# text = They lived miserably in a damp cottage.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	miserably	miserably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cottage	cottage	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 | **live** | past | They |  |  | a damp cottage |  | miserably *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cottage=Location |

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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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