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title: heretofore — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «heretofore» in the school dictionary: Up until now, before this time: the rules heretofore were simple. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# heretofore

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**Who acts:** rules heretofore, castle gates, we, house · **What happens:** be, not see · **To what, where:** Heretofore, dragon, quiet heretofore

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Up until now, before this time: the rules heretofore were simple.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heretofore:m1:1
# text = Up until now, before this time: the rules heretofore were simple.
1	Up	up	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
2	until	until	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	compound	_	_
11	heretofore	heretofore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | rules heretofore |  |  |  | time | simple *property* | tree rules |

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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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Heretofore the castle gates were always open.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heretofore:x1:1
# text = Heretofore the castle gates were always open.
1	Heretofore	Heretofore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the castle gates | Heretofore *not said here* |  |  |  | always, open *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Heretofore we had never seen a dragon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heretofore:x2:1
# text = Heretofore we had never seen a dragon.
1	Heretofore	heretofore	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | we | a dragon |  |  |  | heretofore *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dragon=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The house was quiet heretofore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heretofore:x3:1
# text = The house was quiet heretofore.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	heretofore	heretofore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the house | quiet heretofore |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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