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expeditious

Who acts: We, your, council, expeditious way, judge, expeditious tidy up · What happens: do, waste, thank, reply, promise, repair · To what, where: you, expeditious repair, road, nurse, expeditious way · Speech: someone speaks here

«expeditious» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: expeditious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Quick and efficient; done fast and without wasting time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 efficient	cc
3	efficient	efficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Quick	conj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 done	punct
5	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Quick	conj
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 done	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wasting	cc
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 wasting	mark
9	wasting	waste	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Quick	conj
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wasting	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Quick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	participle						fast property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	waste	gerund					time		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

We thank you for your expeditious reply.

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 thank	nsubj
2	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 thank	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 reply	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 reply	nmod:poss
6	expeditious	expeditious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reply	amod
7	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thank	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present	We		you			for your expeditious reply	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for reply=Attribute
2	reply		your						nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The council promised an expeditious repair of the road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 council	det
2	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	nsubj
3	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 repair	det
5	expeditious	expeditious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 repair	amod
6	repair	repair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 repair	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	the council	a expeditious repair of the road					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent repair=Theme
2	repair			the road					nom repair «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

The most expeditious way to the station is by train.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 way	det
2	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	3 expeditious	advmod
3	expeditious	expeditious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 way	amod
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 train	nsubj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 station	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 station	det
7	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 way	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 train	cop
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 train	case
10	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 train	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the expeditious way to the station					by train	tree rules

Example 4

The judge asked for an expeditious end to the case.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 end	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 end	det
6	expeditious	expeditious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 end	amod
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 case	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 case	det
10	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the judge				for a expeditious end	to the case	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The nurse dealt with the queue in an expeditious way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nurse	det
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	dealt	deal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 nurse	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 queue	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 queue	det
6	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dealt	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 way	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 way	det
9	expeditious	expeditious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dealt	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nurse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deal	participle		the nurse not said here		a expeditious way		with the queue	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with queue=Theme

Example 6

An expeditious tidy-up meant we could go out to play sooner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 up	det
2	expeditious	expeditious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 up	amod
3	tidy	tidy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 up	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 tidy	punct
5	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meant	nsubj
6	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 go	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 go	aux
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 meant	ccomp
10	out	out	ADV	_	9 go	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 play	mark
12	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 go	xcomp
13	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 play	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 meant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	a expeditious tidy up						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go out	could	we					out property	tree rules
3	play	to-infinitive	we not said here					soon property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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