becomest
Who acts: you, form, seed, Poor child, thou · What happens: become, mean, be · To what, where: something, plant, black coffin, old maid · Speech: someone speaks here
«becomest» 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: becomest in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
«becomest» means «you become», a form of «become».
The tree, 8 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 becomest | punct |
| 2 | becomest | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | nsubj |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 becomest | punct |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 become | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 become | nsubj |
| 7 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 become | 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 | SCONJ | _ | 14 become | mark |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 become | punct |
| 14 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 form | acl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 become | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become in a quote | present | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | become in a quote | present | you | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | become in a quote | infinitive | a form not said here | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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.
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
To become is to start to be something. A seed becomes a plant.
Sentence 1: To become is to start to be something.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 become | mark |
| 2 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 start | advcl |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 start | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 start | mark |
| 5 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 something | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 something | cop |
| 8 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 start | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 start | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | to-infinitive | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | start property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is a | to-infinitive | something | tree rules |
Sentence 2: A seed becomes a plant.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 seed | det |
| 2 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 becomes | nsubj |
| 3 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 plant | det |
| 5 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 becomes | xcomp |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 becomes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | a seed | a plant | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Example 1
Poor child! thy friend's bridal chamber is a black coffin, and thou becomest an old maid.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 child | amod |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 coffin | nsubj |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 child | punct |
| 4 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 friend | nmod:poss |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chamber | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 friend | case |
| 7 | bridal | bridal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 chamber | amod |
| 8 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 coffin | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 coffin | cop |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 coffin | det |
| 11 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 coffin | amod |
| 12 | coffin | coffin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 becomest | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 becomest | cc |
| 15 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 16 becomest | nsubj |
| 16 | becomest | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 coffin | parataxis |
| 17 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 maid | det |
| 18 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 maid | amod |
| 19 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 becomest | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 coffin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Poor child | a black coffin | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | become | present | thou | a old maid | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient maid=Result |
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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