firstly

Who acts: you, dogs, we, I, bike · What happens: use, introduce, list, wash, be, keep · To what, where: first point, list, reasons, hands, poem, own

«firstly» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: firstly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Used to introduce the first point in a list of reasons or steps.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 introduce	mark
3	introduce	introduce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Used	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 point	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 point	amod
6	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 introduce	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 list	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 list	det
9	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 introduce	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 reasons	case
11	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 list	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 steps	cc
13	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 reasons	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	use	participle			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	introduce	to-infinitive	the first point	a list of reasons or steps	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient
3	list		reasons or steps		nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Firstly, wash your hands.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Firstly	firstly	ADV	_	3 wash	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Firstly	punct
3	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hands	nmod:poss
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wash	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	your hands				firstly property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Example 2

Firstly, dogs are loyal; secondly, they keep you fit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Firstly	firstly	ADV	_	5 loyal	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Firstly	punct
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 loyal	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 loyal	cop
5	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 loyal	punct
7	secondly	secondly	ADV	_	5 loyal	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keep	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keep	nsubj
10	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 loyal	conj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 fit	nsubj
12	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 keep	ccomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 loyal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	dogs	firstly, loyal, secondly property	tree rules
2	keep	present	dogs = dog		tree rules
3	fit	present	you		vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Firstly, we will read the poem, then we will write our own.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Firstly	firstly	ADV	_	5 read	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Firstly	punct
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 read	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 read	aux
5	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 poem	det
7	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 read	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 write	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 write	advmod
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 write	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 write	aux
12	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 read	conj
13	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 own	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 write	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	future	we	the poem				firstly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Topic
2	write	future	we	our own			then		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent own=Theme

Example 4

I want a bike, firstly because it's fun and secondly because it's healthy.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bike	det
4	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 want	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fun	punct
6	firstly	firstly	ADV	_	10 fun	advmod
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 fun	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fun	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fun	cop
10	fun	fun	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 want	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 healthy	cc
12	secondly	secondly	ADV	_	16 healthy	advmod
13	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 healthy	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 healthy	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 healthy	cop
16	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fun	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	I	a bike		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bike=Theme
2	is	present	bike		firstly, fun property	tree rules
3	is	present	bike		healthy, secondly property	tree rules

Example 5

Firstly, put the flour in the bowl.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Firstly	firstly	ADV	_	3 put	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Firstly	punct
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 flour	det
5	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 bowl	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bowl	det
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	the flour		the bowl		firstly property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent flour=Theme in bowl=Destination

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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