precede

Who acts: Lightning, number, short film, you, short silence, She · What happens: come, go, precede, be, read, proceed · To what, where: something, thunder, B., alphabet, 100, 99 · Speech: someone speaks here

«precede» in the English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 10 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: precede in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To come or go before something in time, order or place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 come	mark
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 go	cc
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 come	conj
5	before	before	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 go	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 time	case
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 something	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 order	punct
10	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 something	nmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 place	cc
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 order	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	to-infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	infinitive				something in time order or place			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before something=Location

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

Lightning precedes thunder.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 precedes	nsubj
2	precedes	precede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 precedes	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 precedes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precede	present	Lightning	thunder					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thunder=Co-Theme

Example 2

In the alphabet, A precedes B.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 alphabet	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 alphabet	det
3	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 precedes	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 alphabet	punct
5	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 precedes	det
6	precedes	precede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	B.	b.	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 precedes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precede	present		B.		the alphabet			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme b.=Co-Theme

Example 3

The number that precedes 100 is 99.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 number	det
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 99	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 precedes	nsubj
4	precedes	precede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 number	acl:relcl
5	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 precedes	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 99	cop
7	99	99	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 99	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precede	present	the number	100					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme 100=Co-Theme
2	is a	present	the number	99					tree rules

Example 4

The main show was preceded by a short film.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 show	det
2	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 show	amod
3	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 preceded	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 preceded	aux:pass
5	preceded	precede	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 film	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 film	det
8	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 film	amod
9	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 preceded	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 preceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precede	past · passive	a short film	the main show					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme

Example 5

Read the preceding paragraph again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 paragraph	det
3	preceding	precede	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 paragraph	amod
4	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Read	obj
5	again	again	ADV	_	1 Read	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	imperative	you not said here	the preceding paragraph			again		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paragraph=Topic
2	precede	gerund							vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Example 6

A short silence preceded the cheers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 silence	det
2	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 silence	amod
3	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preceded	nsubj
4	preceded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cheers	det
6	cheers	cheer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 preceded	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 preceded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	past	a short silence	the cheers					tree rules

Example 7

She became united to Erebus, and their children were Aether and Hemera (Air and Daylight), evidently a simile of the poets, to indicate that darkness always precedes light.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	united	united	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 became	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Erebus	case
5	Erebus	Erebus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 united	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Aether	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Aether	cc
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 children	nmod:poss
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 Aether	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 Aether	cop
11	Aether	Aether	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Hemera	cc
13	Hemera	Hemera	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Aether	conj
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 Air	punct
15	Air	Air	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Aether	appos
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 Daylight	cc
17	Daylight	Daylight	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Air	conj
18	)	)	PUNCT	_	15 Air	punct
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 simile	punct
20	evidently	evidently	ADV	_	22 simile	advmod
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 simile	det
22	simile	simile	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Aether	appos
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 poets	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 poets	det
25	poets	poet	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 simile	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 indicate	punct
27	to	to	PART	_	28 indicate	mark
28	indicate	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 became	conj
29	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 precedes	mark
30	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 precedes	nsubj
31	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	32 precedes	advmod
32	precedes	precede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 indicate	ccomp
33	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 precedes	obj
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	become	past	She		united property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	is a	past	their children	Aether and Hemera	Hemera conj; Air and Daylight appos; a simile of the poets appos	tree rules
3	indicate	to-infinitive	She not said here			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
4	precede	present	darkness	light	always property	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme light=Co-Theme

Example 8

Ain precedes Ain Suph, boundlessness; and Ain Suph Aur, Boundless Light. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

Sentence 1: Ain precedes Ain Suph, boundlessness; and Ain Suph Aur, Boundless Light.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ain	ain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 precedes	nsubj
2	precedes	precede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ain	Ain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 precedes	obj
4	Suph	Suph	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Ain	flat
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 boundlessness	punct
6	boundlessness	boundlessness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Ain	appos
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 Suph	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Suph	cc
9	Ain	Ain	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Suph	compound
10	Suph	Suph	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 precedes	obl
11	Aur	Aur	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Suph	flat
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Boundless	punct
13	Boundless	Boundless	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Suph	conj
14	Light	Light	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Boundless	flat
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 precedes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precede	present	Ain	Ain				Ain Suph and Boundless obl	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ain=Co-Theme

Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Westcott	punct
5	Westcott	Westcott	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	conj
6	1893	1893	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 Westcott	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct

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

Example 9

Some believed that the Zero, 0 preceded the One, 1. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: Some believed that the Zero, 0 preceded the One, 1.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 preceded	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Zero	det
5	Zero	Zero	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 preceded	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 0	punct
7	0	0	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 Zero	appos
8	preceded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 believed	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 One	det
10	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 preceded	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 1	punct
12	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 One	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 believed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	Some						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	proceed	past	the Zero	the One 1					tree rules

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Example 10

It holds that chaos was not even the first thing created, but was preceded by voice, air, and speech-"). (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: It holds that chaos was not even the first thing created, but was preceded by voice, air, and speech-").

The tree, 19 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	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 thing	mark
4	chaos	chaos	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thing	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thing	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 thing	advmod
7	even	even	ADV	_	10 thing	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 thing	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 thing	amod
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	ccomp
11	created	create	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 thing	acl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 preceded	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 preceded	cc
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 preceded	aux:pass
15	preceded	precede	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 created	conj
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 voice	case
17	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 preceded	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 air	punct
19	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 voice	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 speech	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 speech	cc
22	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	parataxis
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 speech	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 speech	punct
25	)	)	PUNCT	_	22 speech	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 holds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hold	present	It		speech parataxis	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not is a	past	chaos	the first thing		tree rules
3	create	participle		the first thing not said here		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	precede	past · passive	voice and air			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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📖 precede

Everyday, meaning 1

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