forethought
Who acts: Careful thinking, we, forethought, It · What happens: happen, plan, pack, save, take, leave · To what, where: warm clothes, crops, forethought, coat, home
«forethought» 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: forethought in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Careful thinking about what will happen later, and planning for it in advance.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 thinking | amod |
| 2 | thinking | thinking | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 6 happen | mark |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 happen | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 happen | aux |
| 6 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 thinking | acl |
| 7 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 happen | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 advance | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 advance | cc |
| 10 | planning | plan | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 advance | csubj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 planning | obl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 advance | case |
| 14 | advance | advance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thinking | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 thinking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | future | Careful thinking and advance | late property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | plan | gerund | for it | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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
With forethought we packed warm clothes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 forethought | case |
| 2 | forethought | forethought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 packed | obl |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 packed | nsubj |
| 4 | packed | pack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 clothes | amod |
| 6 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 4 packed | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 packed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pack | past | we | warm clothes | with forethought | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent clothes=Destination with forethought=Theme |
Example 2
Her forethought saved the crops in the hard winter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 forethought | nmod:poss |
| 2 | forethought | forethought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saved | nsubj |
| 3 | saved | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 crops | det |
| 5 | crops | crop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 saved | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 winter | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 winter | det |
| 8 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 winter | amod |
| 9 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saved | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 saved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | past | Her forethought | the crops | winter | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Theme |
Example 3
It took no forethought to leave your coat at home.
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 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 forethought | det |
| 4 | forethought | forethought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 leave | mark |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 took | advcl |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 coat | nmod:poss |
| 8 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 10 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | It | no forethought | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forethought=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | to-infinitive | your coat | home | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent coat=Theme at home=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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