straightway
Who acts: Straightway, They, king, guards, you, He · What happens: mean, be, eat, become, give, come · To what, where: apples, order, them, incense straightway, him
«straightway» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: straightway in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Straightway means at once, without any delay; it is the same as «straight away».
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Straightway | straightway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 once | case |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 means | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 delay | punct |
| 6 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 delay | case |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 delay | det |
| 8 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | parataxis |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 same | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 same | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 same | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 same | det |
| 13 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | parataxis |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 away | mark |
| 15 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 17 away | punct |
| 16 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 17 away | advmod |
| 17 | away | away | ADV | _ | 13 same | advmod |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 away | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Straightway | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Straightway | away, same property | tree rules |
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
They ate the apples and straightway became young.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 ate | nsubj |
| 2 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 apples | det |
| 4 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 ate | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 became | cc |
| 6 | straightway | straightway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 became | nsubj |
| 7 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ate | conj |
| 8 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 became | xcomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | They | the apples | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Patient | ||||
| 2 | become | past | straightway | young property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Example 2
The king gave the order and straightway the guards came.
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 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 order | det |
| 5 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 straightway | cc |
| 7 | straightway | straightway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 order | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 guards | det |
| 9 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 came | nsubj |
| 10 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gave | parataxis |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the king | the order and straightway | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | past | the guards | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
Go home straightway.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | straightway | straightway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | vocative |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | straightway vocative; home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 4
He begged them to sell him the incense straightway.
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 begged | nsubj |
| 2 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 begged | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 sell | mark |
| 5 | sell | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 begged | advcl |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sell | iobj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 straightway | det |
| 8 | incense | incense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 straightway | compound |
| 9 | straightway | straightway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sell | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 begged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | He | them = they | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | sell | to-infinitive | He not said here | the incense straightway | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient straightway=Theme |
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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