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title: smilingly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «smilingly» in the school dictionary: Smilingly means while smiling, in a smiling and friendly way. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# smilingly

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**Who acts:** teacher, she, Rat, shopkeeper, He, Cheshire Cat · **What happens:** mean, smile, hand out, say, shake, wave · **To what, where:** smiling, prizes, head, goodbye, baby · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Smilingly means while smiling, in a smiling and friendly way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:smilingly:m1:1
# text = Smilingly means while smiling, in a smiling and friendly way.
1	Smilingly	smilingly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	smiling	smile	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	smiling	smiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | smilingly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **smile** | gerund |  | a smiling and friendly way |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smiling=Topic |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teacher smilingly handed out the prizes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:smilingly:x1:1
# text = The teacher smilingly handed out the prizes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	smilingly	smilingly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	handed	hand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand out** | participle | the teacher | the prizes |  |  |  | smilingly *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent prize=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Of course you may,» she said smilingly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:smilingly:x2:1
# text = «Of course you may,» she said smilingly.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Of	of	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADV	5	advmod	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	fixed	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	smilingly	smilingly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she |  |  |  |  | smilingly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The Rat smilingly shook his head.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:smilingly:x3:1
# text = The Rat smilingly shook his head.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	smilingly	smilingly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past | the Rat | Rat's head |  |  |  | smilingly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The shopkeeper smilingly waved goodbye.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:smilingly:x4:1
# text = The shopkeeper smilingly waved goodbye.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	smilingly	smilingly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | the shopkeeper | goodbye |  |  |  | smilingly *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodbye=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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He nodded smilingly at the baby.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:smilingly:x5:1
# text = He nodded smilingly at the baby.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	nodded	nod	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	smilingly	smilingly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nod** | past | He |  |  | the baby |  | smilingly *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The Cheshire Cat looked smilingly down from the tree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:smilingly:x6:1
# text = The Cheshire Cat looked smilingly down from the tree.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Cat	Cat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	smilingly	smilingly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the Cheshire Cat |  |  |  |  | from the tree; down *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from tree=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

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‘What will they add?’ she smilingly asked.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:smilingly:x7:1
# text = ‘What will they add?’ she smilingly asked.
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	obl	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	smilingly	smilingly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | future | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | she |  |  |  |  | smilingly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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