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title: restlessly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «restlessly» in the school dictionary: Restlessly means in a way that cannot keep still or calm: moving about because you feel uneasy. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# restlessly

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**Who acts:** way, you, hand, He, husband · **What happens:** mean, not keep, move about, feel, move, walk · **To what, where:** chest, ground, wife · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Restlessly means in a way that cannot keep still or calm: moving about because you feel uneasy.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:restlessly:m1:1
# text = Restlessly means in a way that cannot keep still or calm: moving about because you feel uneasy.
1	Restlessly	restlessly	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	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
14	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
15	about	about	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
19	uneasy	uneasy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 way; restlessly *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **keep** | can | a way |  |  |  | still |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **move about** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **feel** | present | you |  |  |  |  | uneasy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Her hand moves restlessly on her chest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:restlessly:x1:1
# text = Her hand moves restlessly on her chest.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	restlessly	restlessly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	chest	chest	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 | **move** | present | Her hand |  |  | hand's chest |  | restlessly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on chest=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He walked about restlessly, kicking the ground.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:restlessly:x2:1
# text = He walked about restlessly, kicking the ground.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	restlessly	restlessly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	kicking	kick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | He |  |  |  |  | restlessly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **kick** | gerund | He *not said here* | the ground |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent ground=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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"Oh, husband," said the wife restlessly, "I cannot wait any longer."

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:restlessly:x3:1
# text = "Oh, husband," said the wife restlessly, "I cannot wait any longer."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	restlessly	restlessly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
17	any	any	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | husband | the wife |  |  |  | restlessly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **wait** *in a quote* | can | husband |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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