behold
Who acts: you, Pharaoh, it, Isaiah · What happens: see, look, awake, be, exclaim · To what, where: dream
«behold» 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: behold in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
To see or look at something, or as a cry: look!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 see | mark |
| 2 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 look | advcl |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 look | cc |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 see | conj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 something | case |
| 6 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 look | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 cry | punct |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 cry | cc |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 cry | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 cry | det |
| 11 | cry | cry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 something | nmod |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 look | punct |
| 13 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 13 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | look | infinitive | you not said here | at something | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at something=Theme | ||||
| 3 | look | imperative | you not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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
And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
From Torah GEN.41.7, JPS 1917.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 awoke | cc |
| 2 | Pharaoh | Pharaoh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 awoke | nsubj |
| 3 | awoke | awake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 dream | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 dream | cc |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 and | punct |
| 7 | behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 12 dream | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 behold | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 dream | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 dream | cop |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 dream | det |
| 12 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 awoke | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 awoke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | awake | past | Pharaoh | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a dream | tree rules |
Example 2
It was very beautiful to behold.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 beautiful | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 beautiful | cop |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 beautiful | advmod |
| 4 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 behold | case |
| 6 | behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 4 beautiful | discourse |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 beautiful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | It | beautiful property | tree rules |
Example 3
As the prophet Isaiah exclaimed: "Behold!
From Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | ADP | _ | 3 prophet | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prophet | det |
| 3 | prophet | prophet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 exclaimed | obl |
| 4 | Isaiah | Isaiah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 exclaimed | nsubj |
| 5 | exclaimed | exclaim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 exclaimed | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Behold | punct |
| 8 | Behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 5 exclaimed | discourse |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 exclaimed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exclaim speech: express | past | Isaiah | as the prophet | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
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