actest
Who acts: you, Thou, great calm ocean, we · What happens: act, mean, do, take, form, beckon · To what, where: something, action, emergency, act, us · Speech: someone speaks here
«actest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: actest in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
«actest» means «you act», a form of «act»: To act means to do something, to take action: act quickly in an emergency.
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 actest | punct |
| 2 | actest | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | nsubj |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 actest | punct |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 act | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 act | nsubj |
| 7 | act | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 act | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 form | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 form | det |
| 11 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | parataxis |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 act | case |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 act | punct |
| 14 | act | act | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 form | nmod |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 form | punct |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 act | punct |
| 17 | To | to | PART | _ | 18 act | mark |
| 18 | act | act | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 19 means | nsubj |
| 19 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | parataxis |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 do | mark |
| 21 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 means | ccomp |
| 22 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 21 do | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 take | punct |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 take | mark |
| 25 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 do | conj |
| 26 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 take | obj |
| 27 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 28 act | punct |
| 28 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 take | conj |
| 29 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 28 act | advmod |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 emergency | case |
| 31 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 emergency | det |
| 32 | emergency | emergency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 act | obl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act in a quote | present | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | act in a quote | present | you | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | act | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 6 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | something | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | |||||
| 7 | take | to-infinitive | action | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme | |||||
| 8 | act | infinitive | a emergency | quickly property | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | form | act | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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
Thou actest like the great calm ocean, that beckons us, and fills us with expectation--and when we embark upon thee, we sink, disappear, and cease to be.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
The tree, 28 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 2 actest | nsubj |
| 2 | actest | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 ocean | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ocean | det |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ocean | amod |
| 6 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ocean | amod |
| 7 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 actest | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 beckons | punct |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 beckons | nsubj |
| 10 | beckons | beckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ocean | acl:relcl |
| 11 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 beckons | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 fills | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 fills | cc |
| 14 | fills | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 beckons | conj |
| 15 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 fills | obj |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 expectation | case |
| 17 | expectation | expectation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fills | obl |
| 18 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 27 sink | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 sink | cc |
| 20 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 22 embark | advmod |
| 21 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 embark | nsubj |
| 22 | embark | embark | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 sink | advcl |
| 23 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 24 thee | case |
| 24 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 22 embark | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 embark | punct |
| 26 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 sink | nsubj |
| 27 | sink | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 actest | parataxis |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 disappear | punct |
| 29 | disappear | disappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 sink | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 cease | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 cease | cc |
| 32 | cease | cease | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 actest | conj |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 be | mark |
| 34 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 cease | xcomp |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 actest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | present | Thou | like the great calm ocean | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like ocean=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | beckon | present | the great calm ocean | us | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fill | present | the great calm ocean not said here | us | with expectation | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent we=Patient with expectation=Instrument | |||
| 4 | embark | present | we | upon thee | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | sink | present | we | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 6 | disappear | present | we not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | cease | infinitive | Thou not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 8 | be | to-infinitive | Thou not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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