afterward
Who acts: something, Moon, We · What happens: happen, come, fly up, send, eat, go · To what, where: supper, bed
«afterward» 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: afterward in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
At a later time; after something has happened.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 3 | later | late | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 happened | obl |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 time | punct |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 something | case |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 happened | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 happened | aux |
| 9 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · perfect | something | time | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Immediately afterward the Moon came flying up.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 5 came | advmod |
| 2 | afterward | afterward | SCONJ | _ | 5 came | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Moon | det |
| 4 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 came | xcomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 flying | compound:prt |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the Moon | immediately property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fly up | gerund | the Moon not said here | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
Soon afterward the serpent sent for the prince.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 sent | advmod |
| 2 | afterward | afterward | ADP | _ | 4 serpent | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 serpent | det |
| 4 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sent | obl |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 prince | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 prince | det |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sent | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | afterward the serpent; for the prince; soon property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
We ate our supper and went to bed afterward.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 ate | nsubj |
| 2 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 supper | nmod:poss |
| 4 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ate | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 went | cc |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ate | conj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 bed | case |
| 8 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | obl |
| 9 | afterward | afterward | ADV | _ | 6 went | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | We | our supper | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient | ||||
| 2 | go | past | We not said here | bed | afterward property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location |
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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