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title: shabbily — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «shabbily» in the school dictionary: In a worn-out, old and untidy way: shabbily dressed means wearing old, faded, worn clothes. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# shabbily

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**Who acts:** They, team, I, you, Toad, girl · **What happens:** dress, mean, wear, fade, treat, be · **To what, where:** worn clothes, someone, unfair way, old man, shop, loyal goalkeeper · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«shabbily» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [shabbily in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shabbily.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In a worn-out, old and untidy way: shabbily dressed means wearing old, faded, worn clothes.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shabbily:m1:1
# text = In a worn-out, old and untidy way: shabbily dressed means wearing old, faded, worn clothes.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	worn	worn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	out	out	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	untidy	untidy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	shabbily	shabbily	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	nsubj	_	_
14	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
15	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	xcomp	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	faded	fade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	worn	worn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | shabbily *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **wear** *not said to happen* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | old *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fade** | participle |  | worn clothes |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In an unfair, mean or unkind way: to treat someone shabbily is to treat them badly.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shabbily:m2:1
# text = In an unfair, mean or unkind way: to treat someone shabbily is to treat them badly.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
3	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	_
13	shabbily	shabbily	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	treat	treat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | to-infinitive |  |  | someone |  |  | shabbily *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | a unfair way |  | badly, treat *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old man was shabbily dressed but very polite.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shabbily:x1:1
# text = The old man was shabbily dressed but very polite.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	shabbily	shabbily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | past · passive |  | the old man |  |  |  | shabbily *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They lived in a shabbily furnished flat above the shop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shabbily:x2:1
# text = They lived in a shabbily furnished flat above the shop.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	shabbily	shabbily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	furnished	furnish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
7	flat	flat	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	above	above	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **furnish** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  | the shop |  | flat, shabbily *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The team treated their loyal goalkeeper shabbily.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shabbily:x3:1
# text = The team treated their loyal goalkeeper shabbily.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	treated	treat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	goalkeeper	goalkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	shabbily	shabbily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | past | the team | their loyal goalkeeper |  |  |  | shabbily *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent goalkeeper=Recipient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I think you behaved rather shabbily towards your friend.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shabbily:x4:1
# text = I think you behaved rather shabbily towards your friend.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	behaved	behave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	shabbily	shabbily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **behave** | past | you |  |  |  |  | shabbily *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shabbily painted gate creaked in the wind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shabbily:x5:1
# text = The shabbily painted gate creaked in the wind.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	shabbily	shabbily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	creaked	creak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | shabbily *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **creak** | participle |  | the painted gate *not said here* |  | the wind |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wind=Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Toad, shabbily dressed as a washerwoman, hurried to the station.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shabbily:x6:1
# text = Toad, shabbily dressed as a washerwoman, hurried to the station.
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	shabbily	shabbily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	hurried	hurry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | participle | Toad |  |  |  |  | as a washerwoman; shabbily *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hurry** | participle | Toad *not said here* |  |  | the station |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to station=Destination |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
But the girl (and she was a very pretty girl, though so shabbily dressed) begged so hard for one of them that at last he said:

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shabbily:x7:1
# text = But the girl (and she was a very pretty girl, though so shabbily dressed) begged so hard for one of them that at last he said:
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
4	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	shabbily	shabbily	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	_
18	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nmod	_	_
25	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	29	obj	_	_
26	at	at	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	last	last	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | girl | a pretty girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dress** | participle |  | a pretty girl *not said here* |  |  |  | shabbily *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the girl |  |  |  |  | for one of them; hard *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for one=Topic |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  | last |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic |

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