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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.

caseccconjpunctaclmarkadvclobjpunctadvmodadvmodpunctrootinADPtruthNOUNorCCONJindeedADV;PUNCTusedVERBtoPARTaddVERBemphasisNOUN,PUNCToftenADVmockinglyADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ininADP_2 truthcase
2truthtruthNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3ororCCONJ_4 indeedcc
4indeedindeedADV_2 truthconj
5;;PUNCT_6 usedpunct
6useduseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 truthacl
7totoPART_8 addmark
8addaddVERBVerbForm=Inf6 usedadvcl
9emphasisemphasisNOUNNumber=Sing8 addobj
10,,PUNCT_11 oftenpunct
11oftenoftenADV_12 mockinglyadvmod
12mockinglymockinglyADV_8 addadvmod
13..PUNCT_2 truthpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1useparticipletruth not said herevn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2add speech: assertto-infinitiveemphasismockingly propertyvn 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.

auxnsubjadvmodxcomppunctconjpunctrootHaveAUXyouPRONgrownVERBsoADVbashfulADJ,PUNCTforsoothADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HavehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 grownaux
2youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 grownnsubj
3growngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
4sosoADV_5 bashfuladvmod
5bashfulbashfulADJDegree=Pos3 grownxcomp
6,,PUNCT_7 forsoothpunct
7forsoothforsoothADJDegree=Pos5 bashfulconj
8??PUNCT_3 grownpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growpresent · perfectyoubashful propertyvn 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.

casemarkexplcopdetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctpunctrootAsADPifSCONJtherePRONwereAUXnoDETladsNOUNinADPourPRONvillageNOUN,PUNCTforsoothADJ!PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasADP_6 ladscase
2ififSCONJ_4 weremark
3theretherePRONPronType=Dem4 wereexpl
4werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 ladscop
5nonoDETPronType=Neg6 ladsdet
6ladsladNOUNNumber=Plur11 forsoothobl
7ininADP_9 villagecase
8ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 villagenmod:poss
9villagevillageNOUNNumber=Sing6 ladsnmod
10,,PUNCT_6 ladspunct
11forsoothforsoothADJDegree=Posrootroot
12!!PUNCT_11 forsoothpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastour villageas no ladstree 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
nsubjcopdetamodmarkaclobjobl:unmarkedpunctadvclccconjobjpunctconjpunctrootItPRON'sAUXaDETgreatADJsinNOUNtoPARTdishonorVERBMotherNOUNFridayPROPN--PUNCTcombingVERBandCCONJspinningVERBflaxNOUN,PUNCTforsoothADJ!PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 sinnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 sincop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 sindet
4greatgreatADJDegree=Pos5 sinamod
5sinsinNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6totoPART_7 dishonormark
7dishonordishonorVERBVerbForm=Inf5 sinacl
8MothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing7 dishonorobj
9FridayFridayPROPNNumber=Sing7 dishonorobl:unmarked
10----PUNCT_11 combingpunct
11combingcombVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 dishonoradvcl
12andandCCONJ_13 spinningcc
13spinningspinVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part11 combingconj
14flaxflaxNOUNNumber=Sing13 spinningobj
15,,PUNCT_16 forsoothpunct
16forsoothforsoothADJDegree=Pos14 flaxconj
17!!PUNCT_5 sinpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta great sintree rules
2dishonorto-infinitiveMotherfridaytree rules
3combgerundvn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
4spingerundflaxvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent flax=Theme

Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. 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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