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title: pensively — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pensively» in the school dictionary: In a thoughtful way, quietly thinking hard about something, often with a serious face. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pensively

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**Who acts:** thoughtful way, old man, young merchant · **What happens:** think, say, shake, ride · **To what, where:** head, white steed · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a thoughtful way, quietly thinking hard about something, often with a serious face.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pensively:m1:1
# text = In a thoughtful way, quietly thinking hard about something, often with a serious face.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	thoughtful	thoughtful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | a thoughtful way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about something; hard, quietly *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about something=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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"Dar ain't nuthin'," said the old man, shaking his head pensively.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pensively:x1:1
# text = "Dar ain't nuthin'," said the old man, shaking his head pensively.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Dar	Dar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ai	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	nuthin	nuthin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	pensively	pensively	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old man |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shake** | gerund | the old man *not said here* | man's head |  |  |  | pensively *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A young merchant rode pensively forward on his white steed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pensively:x2:1
# text = A young merchant rode pensively forward on his white steed.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	pensively	pensively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | a young merchant |  |  | merchant's white steed |  | forward, pensively *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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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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