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title: timely — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «timely» in the school dictionary: Timely means happening at just the right moment, when it is most needed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# timely

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**Who acts:** Timely, timely help, Her, your, rain · **What happens:** mean, happen, need, save, help, thank · **To what, where:** it, boy, you

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Timely means happening at just the right moment, when it is most needed.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:timely:m1:1
# text = Timely means happening at just the right moment, when it is most needed.
1	Timely	timely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	happening	happen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	14	advmod	_	_
14	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Timely |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **happen** *not said to happen* | gerund | Timely *not said here* |  |  |  | moment |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **need** | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

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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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Her timely help saved the boy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:timely:x1:1
# text = Her timely help saved the boy.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	timely	timely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saved	save	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	boy	boy	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 | **save** | past | Her timely help | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
| 2 | **help** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Thank you for your timely warning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:timely:x2:1
# text = Thank you for your timely warning.
1	Thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	timely	timely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present |  |  | you |  |  | for your timely warning | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for warning=Attribute |
| 2 | **warn** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The rain came at a timely moment for the farmers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:timely:x3:1
# text = The rain came at a timely moment for the farmers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	timely	timely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the rain |  |  |  | moment | for the farmers | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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