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title: narrowly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «narrowly» in the school dictionary: Narrowly means only just, by a small margin: he narrowly missed the bus. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# narrowly

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**Who acts:** he, She, We, monkey · **What happens:** mean, miss, watch, escape · **To what, where:** bus, crocodile, train, fishermen

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Narrowly means only just, by a small margin: he narrowly missed the bus.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:narrowly:m1:1
# text = Narrowly means only just, by a small margin: he narrowly missed the bus.
1	Narrowly	narrowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	margin	margin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	narrowly	narrowly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | narrowly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **miss** | past | he | the bus |  |  |  | narrowly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bus=Stimulus |

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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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Narrowly can mean with close attention: he watched narrowly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:narrowly:m2:1
# text = Narrowly can mean with close attention: he watched narrowly.
1	Narrowly	narrowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	narrowly	narrowly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can |  |  |  |  |  | with close attention; narrowly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **watch** | past | he |  |  |  |  | narrowly *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She narrowly escaped the crocodile.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:narrowly:x1:1
# text = She narrowly escaped the crocodile.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	narrowly	narrowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	escaped	escape	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	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | past | She | the crocodile |  |  |  | narrowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme crocodile=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We narrowly missed the train.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:narrowly:x2:1
# text = We narrowly missed the train.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	narrowly	narrowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | We | the train |  |  |  | narrowly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The monkey watched the fishermen narrowly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:narrowly:x3:1
# text = The monkey watched the fishermen narrowly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monkey	monkey	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	fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	narrowly	narrowly	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 monkey | the fishermen |  |  |  | narrowly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fisherman=Theme |

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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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