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title: prettily — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «prettily» in the school dictionary: In a way that looks nice to the eye; in a neat, charming way. Also, in a polite, well-mannered way when speaking or thanking someone. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# prettily

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**Who acts:** way, She · **What happens:** look, charm, speak, thank, ice, decorate · **To what, where:** someone, cake, guest, room · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a way that looks nice to the eye; in a neat, charming way. Also, in a polite, well-mannered way when speaking or thanking someone.

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*Sentence 1:* In a way that looks nice to the eye; in a neat, charming way.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prettily:m1:1
# text = In a way that looks nice to the eye; in a neat, charming way.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	charming	charm	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | a way and a charming way |  |  |  |  | to the eye; nice *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to eye=Experiencer |
| 2 | **charm** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Also, in a polite, well-mannered way when speaking or thanking someone.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prettily:m1:2
# text = Also, in a polite, well-mannered way when speaking or thanking someone.
1	Also	also	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
5	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	mannered	mannered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
12	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	thanking	thank	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	conj	_	_
15	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The cake was iced prettily with pink flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prettily:x1:1
# text = The cake was iced prettily with pink flowers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	iced	ice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	prettily	prettily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ice** | past · passive |  | the cake |  |  |  | with pink flowers; prettily *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with flower=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She thanked the guest prettily.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prettily:x2:1
# text = She thanked the guest prettily.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thanked	thank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	prettily	prettily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | She |  | the guest |  |  | prettily *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The room was decorated prettily for the party.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prettily:x3:1
# text = The room was decorated prettily for the party.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	prettily	prettily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decorate** | past · passive |  | the room |  |  |  | for the party; prettily *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

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