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title: foremost — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «foremost» in the school dictionary: First in place, rank or order; the one at the front. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# foremost

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**Who acts:** foremost runner, grasshopper · **What happens:** cross, charge, go · **To what, where:** line, foremost buffalo, river

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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First in place, rank or order; the one at the front.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foremost:m1:1
# text = First in place, rank or order; the one at the front.
1	First	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The foremost runner crossed the line.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foremost:x1:1
# text = The foremost runner crossed the line.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	foremost	foremost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	runner	runner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	crossed	cross	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **cross** | past | the foremost runner | the line |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The foremost buffalo charged at the river.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foremost:x2:1
# text = The foremost buffalo charged at the river.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	foremost	foremost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	charged	charge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | participle |  | the foremost buffalo *not said here* |  | the river |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at river=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The grasshopper went foremost with his cousin behind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foremost:x3:1
# text = The grasshopper went foremost with his cousin behind.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grasshopper	grasshopper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	foremost	foremost	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the grasshopper |  |  |  |  | with grasshopper's cousin; behind, foremost *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with cousin=Beneficiary |

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**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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