aught
Who acts: whosoever, aught, you, seed · What happens: bear, wash, be, say, know, fall · To what, where: clothes, thou, sowing seed · Speech: someone speaks here
«aught» 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: aught in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
Anything at all.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Anything | nmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Anything | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
From Torah LEV.11.25, JPS 1917.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 beareth | cc |
| 2 | whosoever | whosoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 beareth | nsubj |
| 3 | beareth | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | aught | aught | PRON | PronType=Ind | 11 wash | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 carcass | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 carcass | det |
| 7 | carcass | carcass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 aught | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 them | case |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 carcass | nmod |
| 10 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 wash | aux |
| 11 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 beareth | ccomp |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 13 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 11 wash | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 unclean | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 unclean | cc |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 unclean | cop |
| 17 | unclean | unclean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 wash | conj |
| 18 | until | until | ADP | _ | 20 even | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 even | det |
| 20 | even | even | ADV | _ | 17 unclean | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 beareth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | present | whosoever | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | wash | shall | aught | his clothes | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | infinitive | aught not said here | unclean property | tree rules |
Example 2
Say, knowest thou aught of Mabon?"
From Celtic Fairy Tales.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 knowest | punct |
| 3 | knowest | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 4 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 3 knowest | obj |
| 5 | aught | aught | PRON | PronType=Ind | 3 knowest | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Mabon | case |
| 7 | Mabon | Mabon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 aught | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Say | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | know | present | thou | tree rules |
Example 3
And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
From Torah LEV.11.37, JPS 1917.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 clean | cc |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 fall | mark |
| 3 | aught | aught | PRON | PronType=Ind | 7 fall | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 carcass | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 carcass | nmod:poss |
| 6 | carcass | carcass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 aught | nmod |
| 7 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 clean | advcl |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 11 seed | case |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 seed | det |
| 10 | sowing | sowing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 seed | compound |
| 11 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fall | obl |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 sown | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 sown | aux |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 sown | mark |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 sown | aux:pass |
| 16 | sown | sow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 seed | acl:relcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fall | punct |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 clean | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 clean | cop |
| 20 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 clean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall a condition, not said to happen | present | aught | any sowing seed | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon seed=Location | ||||
| 2 | sow | present · passive | aught not said here | any sowing seed | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | present | seed | clean property | tree rules |
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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