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title: presently — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «presently» in the Early Modern English dictionary: At once; straight away; right then. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# presently

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**Who acts:** he, steps, brothers · **What happens:** hear, come, rush, irritate · **To what, where:** steps, way, irritated bridegroom

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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At once; straight away; right then.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:presently:m1:1
# text = At once; straight away; right then.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Presently he heard steps coming upstairs.

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From More English Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:presently:x1:1
# text = Presently he heard steps coming upstairs.
1	Presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | he | steps |  |  |  | presently *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer step=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | steps *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upstairs *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Presently his brothers came that way.

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From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:presently:x2:1
# text = Presently his brothers came that way.
1	Presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | his brothers | that way |  |  |  | presently *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Presently in rushes the irritated bridegroom.

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From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:presently:x3:1
# text = Presently in rushes the irritated bridegroom.
1	Presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	rushes	rush	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	irritated	irritate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush** | present |  | the irritated bridegroom |  |  |  | presently *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridegroom=Agent |
| 2 | **irritate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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**Text:** the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. **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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