betimes
Who acts: something, You, farmer, Jason · What happens: mean, happen, be, say, go, start · To what, where: palace, job · Speech: someone speaks here
«betimes» 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: betimes in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Betimes means early, or in good time before something happens.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betimes | betimes | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 means | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 time | punct |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 time | cc |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 time | case |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | parataxis |
| 9 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 happens | mark |
| 10 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 happens | nsubj |
| 11 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 time | advcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | betimes, early property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | happen | present | something | 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
You are come betimes to-day, said the farmer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | cop |
| 3 | come | come | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | betimes | betimes | ADV | _ | 9 said | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 to | punct |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 day | punct |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 farmer | det |
| 11 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | You | come property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the farmer | day | betimes property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
Jason went betimes in the morning to the palace.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason | Jason | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | betimes | betimes | ADV | _ | 2 went | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 morning | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 morning | det |
| 6 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 palace | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 palace | det |
| 9 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Jason | the palace | morning | betimes property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location |
Example 3
If you start betimes, you will finish the job before dark.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 start | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 start | nsubj |
| 3 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 finish | advcl |
| 4 | betimes | betimes | ADV | _ | 3 start | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 start | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 finish | nsubj |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 finish | aux |
| 8 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 job | det |
| 10 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 finish | obj |
| 11 | before | before | ADP | _ | 12 dark | case |
| 12 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 finish | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 finish | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start a condition, not said to happen | present | you | betimes property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | finish | future | you | the job | before dark | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector job=Eventuality |
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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