forthwith Who acts: Forthwith, king, rule, You, judge, Payment · What happens: mean, order, take, apply, be, say · To what, where: thief, dog, castle, fife, dancing · Speech: someone speaks here
«forthwith» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: forthwith in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
Forthwith means immediately, at once, without delay.
nsubj advmod punct case advmod punct case conj punct root Forthwith ADJ means VERB immediately ADV , PUNCT at ADP once ADV , PUNCT without ADP delay NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Forthwith forthwith ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 immediately immediately ADV _ 2 means advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 once punct 5 at at ADP _ 6 once case 6 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 2 means advmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 delay punct 8 without without ADP _ 9 delay case 9 delay delay NOUN Number=Sing 6 once conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Forthwith immediately, once property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 The king ordered the thief to be taken to prison forthwith.
det nsubj det obj mark aux:pass ccomp case obl xcomp punct root The DET king NOUN ordered VERB the DET thief NOUN to PART be AUX taken VERB to ADP prison NOUN forthwith ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 king det 2 king king NOUN Number=Sing 3 ordered nsubj 3 ordered order VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 thief det 5 thief thief NOUN Number=Sing 3 ordered obj 6 to to PART _ 8 taken mark 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 taken aux:pass 8 taken take VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 ordered ccomp 9 to to ADP _ 10 prison case 10 prison prison NOUN Number=Sing 8 taken obl 11 forthwith forthwith ADJ Degree=Pos 8 taken xcomp 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 ordered punct
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1 order past the king the thief vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent thief=Recipient clause=Topic 2 take not said to happen to-infinitive · passive the king not said here to prison result ; forthwith property vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: to prison=Result
Example 2 The rule applies forthwith.
det nsubj advmod punct root The DET rule NOUN applies VERB forthwith ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 rule det 2 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 3 applies nsubj 3 applies apply VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 forthwith forthwith ADV _ 3 applies advmod 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 applies punct
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1 apply present the rule forthwith property vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 3 You are to report to the head teacher forthwith.
nsubj cop mark case det compound obl advmod punct root You PRON are AUX to PART report VERB to ADP the DET head NOUN teacher NOUN forthwith ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 report nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 report cop 3 to to PART _ 4 report mark 4 report report VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to ADP _ 8 teacher case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 teacher det 7 head head NOUN Number=Sing 8 teacher compound 8 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 4 report obl 9 forthwith forthwith ADV _ 4 report advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 report punct
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1 is present You to the head teacher; forthwith, report property tree rules
Example 4 The judge said the dog must be returned forthwith.
det nsubj det nsubj:pass aux aux:pass ccomp advmod punct root The DET judge NOUN said VERB the DET dog NOUN must AUX be AUX returned VERB forthwith ADV . PUNCT 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 said nsubj 3 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 dog det 5 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 8 returned nsubj:pass 6 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 returned aux 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 returned aux:pass 8 returned return VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 said ccomp 9 forthwith forthwith ADV _ 8 returned advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past the judge vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 return must · passive the dog forthwith property vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Example 5 Payment is due forthwith.
nsubj cop amod punct root Payment NOUN is AUX due ADJ forthwith ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Payment payment NOUN Number=Sing 4 forthwith nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 forthwith cop 3 due due ADJ Degree=Pos 4 forthwith amod 4 forthwith forthwith ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 forthwith punct
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1 is present Payment forthwith property tree rules
Example 6 The guards left the castle forthwith.
det nsubj det obj xcomp punct root The DET guards NOUN left VERB the DET castle NOUN forthwith ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 guards det 2 guards guard NOUN Number=Plur 3 left nsubj 3 left leave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 castle det 5 castle castle NOUN Number=Sing 3 left obj 6 forthwith forthwith ADJ Degree=Pos 3 left xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 left punct
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1 leave past the guards the castle forthwith property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme
Example 7 Ivan began playing on his fife, and forthwith they all fell a-dancing.
The tree, 13 words nsubj xcomp case nmod:poss obl punct cc advmod nsubj det parataxis det punct obj punct root Ivan PROPN began VERB playing VERB on ADP his PRON fife NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ forthwith ADV they PRON all DET fell VERB a DET - PUNCT dancing NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ivan Ivan PROPN Number=Sing 2 began nsubj 2 began begin VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 playing play VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 began xcomp 4 on on ADP _ 6 fife case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 fife nmod:poss 6 fife fife NOUN Number=Sing 3 playing obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 fell punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 12 fell cc 9 forthwith forthwith ADV _ 12 fell advmod 10 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 fell nsubj 11 all all DET PronType=Tot 10 they det 12 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 began parataxis 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 dancing det 14 - - PUNCT _ 13 a punct 15 dancing dancing NOUN Number=Sing 12 fell obj 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 began punct
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1 begin past Ivan vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 play gerund Ivan not said here Ivan's fife vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 fall past they a dancing forthwith property vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient dancing=Result
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