bead
Who acts: Tenth Path, Intelligence, She · What happens: hang, be, exalt, sit, speak, wear · To what, where: Perspiration, brow, Resplendent Intelligence, Intelligence, bead, Tenth Path · Speech: someone speaks here
«bead» 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: bead in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
A small ball with a hole through it; in older English also a prayer.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ball | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ball | amod |
| 3 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 prayer | nsubj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 hole | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hole | det |
| 6 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ball | nmod |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hole | nmod |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 prayer | punct |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 English | case |
| 11 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 English | amod |
| 12 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 prayer | obl |
| 13 | also | also | ADV | _ | 15 prayer | advmod |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 prayer | det |
| 15 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 prayer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
Perspiration hung like beads on his brow.
From Old Indian Legends.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perspiration | perspiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | hung | hang | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Perspiration | acl |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 beads | case |
| 4 | beads | bead | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hung | obl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 brow | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brow | nmod:poss |
| 7 | brow | brow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hung | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Perspiration | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | participle | Perspiration not said here | his brow | like beads | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on brow=Location |
Example 2
The Tenth Path is the Resplendent Intelligence, because it is exalted above every bead, and sits on the throne of BINAH (the Intelligence spoken of in the Third Path).
From Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887.
The tree, 29 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Path | det |
| 2 | Tenth | tenth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Path | amod |
| 3 | Path | Path | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 sits | obl |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 Intelligence | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Intelligence | det |
| 6 | Resplendent | Resplendent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Intelligence | compound |
| 7 | Intelligence | Intelligence | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Path | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 exalted | punct |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 exalted | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 exalted | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 exalted | aux:pass |
| 12 | exalted | exalt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 Path | acl:relcl |
| 13 | above | above | ADP | _ | 15 bead | case |
| 14 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 bead | det |
| 15 | bead | bead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 exalted | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 sits | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 sits | cc |
| 18 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 throne | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 throne | det |
| 21 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 sits | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 BINAH | case |
| 23 | BINAH | BINAH | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 throne | nmod |
| 24 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 27 spoken | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Intelligence | det |
| 26 | Intelligence | Intelligence | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 spoken | nsubj |
| 27 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 sits | parataxis |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Path | case |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 Path | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Path | det |
| 31 | Third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 32 Path | amod |
| 32 | Path | Path | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 spoken | obl |
| 33 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 27 spoken | punct |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 sits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Resplendent Intelligence | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | exalt | present · passive | the Tenth Path not said here | Intelligence | every bead | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | sit | present | the Tenth Path | the throne of BINAH | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location | ||||
| 4 | speak speech: other | participle | the Intelligence | of the Third Path | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
She wore a silk dress, golden bracelets, and large amber beads.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wore | nsubj |
| 2 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dress | det |
| 4 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dress | compound |
| 5 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wore | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bracelets | punct |
| 7 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bracelets | amod |
| 8 | bracelets | bracelet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 dress | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 beads | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 beads | cc |
| 11 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 beads | amod |
| 12 | amber | amber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 beads | compound |
| 13 | beads | bead | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wore | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | She | a silk dress and golden bracelets | large amber beads obl | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme |
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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