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title: signally — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «signally» in the school dictionary: Signally means in a striking, remarkable way, so that it is clearly noticed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# signally

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**Who acts:** story, He · **What happens:** mean, notice, illustrate, temper, defeat · **To what, where:** way, temper, opponents, Pierides

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Signally means in a striking, remarkable way, so that it is clearly noticed.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:signally:m1:1
# text = Signally means in a striking, remarkable way, so that it is clearly noticed.
1	Signally	signally	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	striking	striking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	15	mark	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	noticed	notice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 striking and remarkable way; signally *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in striking=Attribute |
| 2 | **notice** | present · passive |  | way |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=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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The story will signally illustrate her temper.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:signally:x1:1
# text = The story will signally illustrate her temper.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	signally	signally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	illustrate	illustrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	temper	temper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **illustrate** | future | the story | story's temper |  |  |  | signally *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temper=Destination |
| 2 | **temper** |  | story |  |  |  |  |  | nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He signally defeated all his opponents.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:signally:x2:1
# text = He signally defeated all his opponents.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	signally	signally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	defeated	defeat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	opponents	opponent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defeat** | past | He | his opponents |  |  |  | signally *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The Pierides were signally defeated.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:signally:x3:1
# text = The Pierides were signally defeated.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Pierides	Pieride	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	signally	signally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	defeated	defeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defeat** | past · passive |  | the Pierides |  |  |  | signally *property* | tree rules |

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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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