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title: playfully — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «playfully» in the school dictionary: Playfully means in a joking, teasing way, as if for fun and not to hurt. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# playfully

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**Who acts:** miller, dog, child · **What happens:** mean, joke, tease, not hurt, slap, frisk · **To what, where:** hunter, fist

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Playfully means in a joking, teasing way, as if for fun and not to hurt.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:playfully:m1:1
# text = Playfully means in a joking, teasing way, as if for fun and not to hurt.
1	Playfully	playfully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	joking	joke	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	teasing	tease	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	conj	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | in a joking way; playfully *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute |
| 2 | **joke** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **tease** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **hurt** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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The miller slapped the hunter on the shoulder playfully.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:playfully:x1:1
# text = The miller slapped the hunter on the shoulder playfully.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slapped	slap	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	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	playfully	playfully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slap** | past | the miller | the hunter |  |  |  | on the shoulder; playfully *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent hunter=Instrument on shoulder=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The dog frisked playfully about the yard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:playfully:x2:1
# text = The dog frisked playfully about the yard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	frisked	frisk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	playfully	playfully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	yard	yard	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 | **frisk** | past | the dog |  |  |  |  | about the yard; playfully *property* | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The child shook his fist playfully at the old man.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:playfully:x3:1
# text = The child shook his fist playfully at the old man.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fist	fist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	playfully	playfully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past | the child | child's fist |  |  |  | at the old man; playfully *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent fist=Theme at man=Trajectory |

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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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