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title: forthwith — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «forthwith» in the Early Modern English dictionary: immediately, without any delay. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# forthwith

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**Who acts:** Ivan, they, He, his · **What happens:** begin, play, fall, come out, rule, be · **To what, where:** fife, dancing, corner, roost, remaining wish, wife

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«forthwith» in the Early Modern English 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: [forthwith in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/forthwith.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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immediately, without any delay.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:forthwith:m1:1
# text = immediately, without any delay.
1	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Ivan began playing on his fife, and forthwith they all fell a-dancing.

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From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:forthwith:x1:1
# text = Ivan began playing on his fife, and forthwith they all fell a-dancing.
1	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fife	fife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
12	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Forthwith the other Cock came out of his corner and ruled the roost without a rival.

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From Aesop's Fables; a new translation.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:forthwith:x2:1
# text = Forthwith the other Cock came out of his corner and ruled the roost without a rival.
1	Forthwith	forthwith	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	roost	roost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	without	without	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	rival	rival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | past |  | his corner |  |  |  | forthwith the other Cock | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient corner=Result |
| 2 | **rule** | past |  | the roost |  |  |  | without a rival | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roost=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He was thankful enough to use his remaining wish to a more humble purpose, and forthwith relieved his wife of her encumbrance.

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From The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:forthwith:x3:1
# text = He was thankful enough to use his remaining wish to a more humble purpose, and forthwith relieved his wife of her encumbrance.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	thankful	thankful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	remaining	remaining	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
13	humble	humble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	relieved	relieve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	encumbrance	encumbrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | enough, thankful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his remaining wish |  |  |  | to a humble purpose | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Patient |
| 3 | **relieve** | past |  | his wife of wife's encumbrance |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wife=Experiencer |
| 4 | **wish** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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