soon

Who acts: I, Dinner, you, snow, It, We · What happens: mean, not speak, walk, take, be, get · To what, where: bus, me, bike, beach · Speech: someone speaks here

«soon» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: soon in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Soon means in a short time from now or from then.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 time	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 time	det
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 now	case
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 time	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 then	cc
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 then	case
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 now	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present					time	soon 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.

Meaning 2

Soon can mean early or quickly: «Don't speak too soon».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 mean	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 mean	advmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 quickly	cc
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 early	conj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 speak	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 speak	punct
9	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 speak	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 speak	advmod
11	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	parataxis
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 soon	advmod
13	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 speak	advmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 speak	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can						early, soon property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not speak speech: other in a quote	infinitive · do-support						soon property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

«Sooner» can mean rather: «I would sooner walk than take the bus».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct
2	Sooner	sooner	INTJ	_	5 mean	discourse
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Sooner	punct
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 mean	aux
5	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	rather	rather	ADV	_	5 mean	advmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 walk	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 walk	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 walk	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 walk	aux
11	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 walk	advmod
12	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 mean	parataxis
13	than	than	SCONJ	_	14 take	mark
14	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 walk	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bus	det
16	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 take	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 walk	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	can				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	walk in a quote	would	I		soon property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	take in a quote	infinitive	I not said here	the bus		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bus=Theme

Example 1

Dinner will be ready soon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ready	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ready	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 ready	cop
4	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 ready	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ready	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	future	Dinner					ready, soon property	tree rules

Example 2

Get well soon!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Get	advmod
3	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Get	advmod
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here					soon, well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 3

Soon the snow began to melt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 began	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 snow	det
3	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 began	nsubj
4	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 melt	mark
6	melt	melt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 began	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the snow					soon property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	melt	to-infinitive	the snow not said here						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 4

Call me as soon as you get home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Call	obj
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 soon	advmod
4	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Call	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 get	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 soon	advcl
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 get	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	imperative	you not said here		me			soon property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
2	get	present	you					home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 5

Sooner or later you will learn to ride a bike.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 learn	advmod
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 later	cc
3	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Sooner	conj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 learn	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 learn	aux
6	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 ride	mark
8	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 learn	xcomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bike	det
10	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ride	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 learn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	future	you					soon property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ride	to-infinitive	you not said here	a bike					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Theme

Example 6

It is too soon to open the presents.

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	6 open	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 open	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 soon	advmod
4	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 open	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 open	mark
6	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 presents	det
8	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 open	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 open	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					open, soon property	tree rules

Example 7

We will soon be at the beach.

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	7 beach	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 beach	aux
3	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 beach	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 beach	cop
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 beach	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beach	det
7	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 beach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	future	We			the beach		soon property	tree rules

Example 8

The sooner we start, the sooner we finish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sooner	det
2	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 start	advmod
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 start	nsubj
4	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 finish	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sooner	det
7	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 finish	advmod
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 finish	nsubj
9	finish	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 start	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	we					soon property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	finish	present	we					soon property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 9

It will soon become like ice.

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	4 become	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 become	aux
3	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 become	advmod
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 ice	case
6	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 become	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	future	It					like ice; soon property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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