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title: forethought — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «forethought» in the Judaism dictionary: Careful thinking about what will happen later, and planning for it in advance. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# forethought

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**Who acts:** Careful thinking, prudent man, fool, we, forethought, It · **What happens:** happen, plan, deal, unfold, pack, save · **To what, where:** folly, warm clothes, crops, forethought, coat, home

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«forethought» in the Judaism 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: [forethought in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/forethought.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Careful thinking about what will happen later, and planning for it in advance.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:forethought:m1:1
# text = Careful thinking about what will happen later, and planning for it in advance.
1	Careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	thinking	thinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	planning	plan	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	csubj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | future | Careful thinking and advance |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **plan** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for it | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#x1}

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Every prudent man dealeth with forethought; but a fool unfoldeth folly. (Writings PRO.13.16, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Every prudent man dealeth with forethought; but a fool unfoldeth folly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:forethought:x1:1
# text = Every prudent man dealeth with forethought; but a fool unfoldeth folly.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	prudent	prudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dealeth	deal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	forethought	forethought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	unfoldeth	unfold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	folly	folly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deal** | present | every prudent man |  |  |  |  | with forethought | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with forethought=Theme |
| 2 | **unfold** | present | a fool | folly |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent folly=Patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings PRO.13.16, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:forethought:x1:2
# text = (Writings PRO.13.16, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PRO.13.16	PRO.13.16	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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With forethought we packed warm clothes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:forethought:x2:1
# text = With forethought we packed warm clothes.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	forethought	forethought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	packed	pack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | past | we | warm clothes |  |  |  | with forethought | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent clothes=Destination with forethought=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her forethought saved the crops in the hard winter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:forethought:x3:1
# text = Her forethought saved the crops in the hard winter.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	forethought	forethought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past | Her forethought | the crops |  |  | winter |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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It took no forethought to leave your coat at home.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:forethought:x4:1
# text = It took no forethought to leave your coat at home.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	forethought	forethought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | It | no forethought |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forethought=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  | your coat |  | home |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent coat=Theme at home=Location |

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