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title: thoughtfully — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «thoughtfully» in the school dictionary: Thoughtfully means in a way that shows careful thinking, slowly and with attention. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# thoughtfully

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**Who acts:** way, load, She, He · **What happens:** mean, show, say, nod, read, choose · **To what, where:** careful thinking, map, path · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Thoughtfully means in a way that shows careful thinking, slowly and with attention.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thoughtfully:m1:1
# text = Thoughtfully means in a way that shows careful thinking, slowly and with attention.
1	Thoughtfully	thoughtfully	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	7	nsubj	_	_
7	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	thinking	thinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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; thoughtfully *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute |
| 2 | **show** | present | a way | careful thinking |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thinking=Recipient |

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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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"Two men's load!" said Dermod thoughtfully.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thoughtfully:x1:1
# text = "Two men's load!" said Dermod thoughtfully.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	Dermod	Dermod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
10	thoughtfully	thoughtfully	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She nodded thoughtfully.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thoughtfully:x2:1
# text = She nodded thoughtfully.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	thoughtfully	thoughtfully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He read the map thoughtfully before he chose the path.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thoughtfully:x3:1
# text = He read the map thoughtfully before he chose the path.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	read	read	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	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	thoughtfully	thoughtfully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | He | the map |  |  |  | thoughtfully *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Topic |
| 2 | **choose** | past | he | the path |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=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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