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title: threateningly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «threateningly» in the school dictionary: Threateningly means in a way that warns of harm or punishment if someone does not obey. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# threateningly

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**Who acts:** way, someone, Darling, you, pistol, He · **What happens:** mean, warn, not obey, be, know, say · **To what, where:** pistol · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Threateningly means in a way that warns of harm or punishment if someone does not obey.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:threateningly:m1:1
# text = Threateningly means in a way that warns of harm or punishment if someone does not obey.
1	Threateningly	threateningly	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	warns	warn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	nsubj	_	_
14	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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; threateningly *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | a way |  |  |  |  | of harm or punishment | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **obey** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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"I shall be sick, you know," Mr. Darling said threateningly.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:threateningly:x1:1
# text = "I shall be sick, you know," Mr. Darling said threateningly.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
11	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:desc	_	_
12	Darling	Darling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	threateningly	threateningly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | Darling  Mr. *= darling* |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Darling  Mr. |  |  |  |  | threateningly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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"Put back that pistol first," it said threateningly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:threateningly:x2:1
# text = "Put back that pistol first," it said threateningly.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	pistol	pistol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	threateningly	threateningly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put back** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | that pistol |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | pistol |  |  |  |  | threateningly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He spoke very threateningly to the boy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:threateningly:x3:1
# text = He spoke very threateningly to the boy.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	threateningly	threateningly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | He |  |  |  |  | to the boy; threateningly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to boy=Co-Agent |

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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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