apothecary
Who acts: person, you, apothecary, Heaven, it · What happens: make, sell, be, get, ask, preserve · To what, where: medicines, it, us, mind, apothecary · Speech: someone speaks here
«apothecary» in the Early Modern English 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: apothecary in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
A person who made and sold medicines.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 sold | cc |
| 6 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | conj |
| 7 | medicines | medicine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sold | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | a person | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | sell | past | a person not said here | medicines | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |
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
"Whose is it, and where did you get it?" asked the apothecary.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 asked | punct |
| 2 | Whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 4 it | nmod:poss |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 it | cop |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 asked | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 get | cc |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 get | advmod |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 get | aux |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 get | nsubj |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 it | parataxis |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 get | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 14 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 apothecary | det |
| 16 | apothecary | apothecary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 asked | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | it | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | past · do-support | you | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | past | the apothecary | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
"Heaven preserve us!" cried the apothecary, "you are out of your mind.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 preserve | punct |
| 2 | Heaven | Heaven | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 preserve | nsubj |
| 3 | preserve | preserve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 cried | parataxis |
| 4 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 preserve | obj |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 preserve | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 preserve | punct |
| 7 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 apothecary | det |
| 9 | apothecary | apothecary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cried | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 mind | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 mind | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 mind | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 mind | cop |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 17 mind | case |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 mind | case |
| 16 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 mind | nmod:poss |
| 17 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 apothecary | appos |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 cried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preserve in a quote | infinitive | Heaven | us | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | the apothecary | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | you | your mind | tree rules |
Example 3
‘Who is it, and how did you get it?’ asked the apothecary.
From The Yellow Fairy Book.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 asked | punct |
| 2 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 it | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 it | cop |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 asked | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 get | cc |
| 7 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 get | advmod |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 get | aux |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 get | nsubj |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 it | parataxis |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 get | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 13 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 14 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 apothecary | det |
| 16 | apothecary | apothecary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 asked | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | past · do-support | you | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | past | it | the apothecary | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent apothecary=Recipient |
Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. 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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