forgo

Who acts: you, She, We, Many Christians, He, sister · What happens: choose, go, like, give up, decide, forgo · To what, where: chance, pocket money, charity, trip, park, chocolate

«forgo» 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: forgo in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To choose to go without something you would like, or to give up a chance.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 choose	mark
2	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 go	mark
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 choose	xcomp
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 go	obl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 like	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 like	aux
9	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 something	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 give	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 give	cc
12	to	to	PART	_	13 give	mark
13	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 go	conj
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 give	compound:prt
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 chance	det
16	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 give	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 choose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	choose	to-infinitive				tree rules
2	go	to-infinitive			without something	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	like	would	you			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	give up	to-infinitive		a chance		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Source

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

She decided to forgo her pocket money to help the charity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 decided	nsubj
2	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 forgo	mark
4	forgo	forgo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decided	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 money	nmod:poss
6	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 money	compound
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forgo	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 help	mark
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 forgo	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 charity	det
11	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 help	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 decided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	decide	past	She		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	forgo not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	her pocket money	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent money=Location
3	help	to-infinitive	She not said here	the charity	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charity=Beneficiary

Example 2

We will forgo the trip to the park because of the rain.

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	3 forgo	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 forgo	aux
3	forgo	forgo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trip	det
5	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgo	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 park	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 park	det
8	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgo	obl
9	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	12 rain	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	9 because	fixed
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rain	det
12	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgo	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 forgo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgo	future	We	the trip	the park			because the rain	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent trip=Theme to park=Recipient

Example 3

Many Christians forgo chocolate during Lent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Christians	amod
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 forgo	nsubj
3	forgo	forgo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgo	obj
5	during	during	ADP	_	6 Lent	case
6	Lent	Lent	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 forgo	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 forgo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgo	present	Many Christians	chocolate			during Lent		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent chocolate=Location

Example 4

He forwent the last cake so his sister could have it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forwent	nsubj
2	forwent	forgo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cake	det
4	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cake	amod
5	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forwent	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 have	advmod
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sister	nmod:poss
8	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 have	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 have	aux
10	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 forwent	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 have	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 forwent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgo	past	He	the last cake					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent cake=Location
2	have	could	his sister	cake					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Example 5

The team agreed to forgo a break to finish the project.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 agreed	nsubj
3	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 forgo	mark
5	forgo	forgo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 agreed	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 break	det
7	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forgo	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 finish	mark
9	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 forgo	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 project	det
11	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finish	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 agreed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	the team		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	forgo not said to happen	to-infinitive	the team not said here	a break	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent break=Location
3	finish	to-infinitive	the team not said here	the project	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality project=Eventuality

Example 6

You may forgo the second helping if you are full.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 forgo	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 forgo	aux
3	forgo	forgo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 helping	det
5	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 helping	amod
6	helping	helping	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgo	obj
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 full	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 full	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 full	cop
10	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 forgo	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 forgo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgo	may	You	the second helping					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent helping=Location
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you					full property	tree rules

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