presently

Who acts: he, steps, brothers · What happens: hear, come, rush, irritate · To what, where: steps, way, irritated bridegroom

«presently» 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: presently in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

At once; straight away; right then.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 once	case
2	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 away	punct
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 once	advmod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 then	punct
7	right	right	ADV	_	8 then	advmod
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 away	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 once	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Presently he heard steps coming upstairs.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Presently	presently	ADV	_	3 heard	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 heard	obj
5	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 steps	acl
6	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	_	5 coming	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	he	steps				presently property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer step=Stimulus
2	come	gerund	steps not said here					upstairs property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Presently his brothers came that way.

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	Presently	presently	ADV	_	4 came	advmod
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brothers	nmod:poss
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl:unmarked
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	his brothers	that way				presently property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Presently in rushes the irritated bridegroom.

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	Presently	presently	ADV	_	3 rushes	advmod
2	in	in	SCONJ	_	3 rushes	mark
3	rushes	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bridegroom	det
5	irritated	irritate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 bridegroom	amod
6	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rushes	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rushes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush	present		the irritated bridegroom				presently property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridegroom=Agent
2	irritate	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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