forsooth
Who acts: you, It · What happens: use, add, grow, be, dishonor, comb · To what, where: truth, emphasis, village, great sin, Mother, flax
«forsooth» in the Early Modern English 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: forsooth in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
in truth or indeed; used to add emphasis, often mockingly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | in | in | ADP | _ | 2 truth | case |
| 2 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 indeed | cc |
| 4 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 2 truth | conj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 used | punct |
| 6 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 truth | acl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 add | mark |
| 8 | add | add | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 used | advcl |
| 9 | emphasis | emphasis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 add | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 often | punct |
| 11 | often | often | ADV | _ | 12 mockingly | advmod |
| 12 | mockingly | mockingly | ADV | _ | 8 add | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 truth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle | truth not said here | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | add speech: assert | to-infinitive | emphasis | mockingly property | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emphasis=Patient |
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
Have you grown so bashful, forsooth?
From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 grown | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 grown | nsubj |
| 3 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 bashful | advmod |
| 5 | bashful | bashful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 grown | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 forsooth | punct |
| 7 | forsooth | forsooth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bashful | conj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 grown | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present · perfect | you | bashful property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
As if there were no lads in our village, forsooth!
From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | ADP | _ | 6 lads | case |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 were | mark |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 were | expl |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lads | cop |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 lads | det |
| 6 | lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 forsooth | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 village | case |
| 8 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 village | nmod:poss |
| 9 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lads | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 lads | punct |
| 11 | forsooth | forsooth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 11 forsooth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | our village | as no lads | tree rules |
Example 3
It's a great sin to dishonor Mother Friday--combing and spinning flax, forsooth!
From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sin | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sin | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sin | det |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sin | amod |
| 5 | sin | sin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 dishonor | mark |
| 7 | dishonor | dishonor | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sin | acl |
| 8 | Mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dishonor | obj |
| 9 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 dishonor | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 11 combing | punct |
| 11 | combing | comb | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 dishonor | advcl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 spinning | cc |
| 13 | spinning | spin | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 combing | conj |
| 14 | flax | flax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 spinning | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 forsooth | punct |
| 16 | forsooth | forsooth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 flax | conj |
| 17 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 sin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a great sin | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dishonor | to-infinitive | Mother | friday | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | comb | gerund | vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | spin | gerund | flax | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent flax=Theme |
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