betimes

Who acts: something, they, Isaac, He, sickle, Little · What happens: happen, rise up, swear, send away, depart, want · To what, where: one, them, peace, Little · Speech: someone speaks here

«betimes» 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: betimes in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

Early, or in good time before something happens.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Early	punct
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 time	cc
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 time	case
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Early	conj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 happens	mark
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 happens	nsubj
9	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 time	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Early	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	something						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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

And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

From Torah GEN.26.31, JPS 1917.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 rose	cc
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rose	nsubj
3	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 rose	compound:prt
5	betimes	betimes	ADV	_	3 rose	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 morning	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 morning	det
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rose	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 swore	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 swore	cc
11	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rose	parataxis
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 swore	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 another	case
14	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	12 one	nmod
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 sent	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sent	cc
17	Isaac	Isaac	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 sent	nsubj
18	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rose	conj
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sent	obj
20	away	away	ADV	_	18 sent	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 departed	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 departed	cc
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 departed	nsubj
24	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rose	conj
25	from	from	ADP	_	26 him	case
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 departed	obl
27	in	in	ADP	_	28 peace	case
28	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 departed	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise up	past	they			morning	betimes property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	swear	past		one			to another	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality
3	send away	past	Isaac	them = they			away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	depart	past	they		peace		from Isaac	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from he=Initial_Location

Example 2

He who wants to be a sickle must bend himself betimes.’

From Grimms' Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wants	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	9 bend	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 bend	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sickle	det
7	sickle	sickle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bend	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 bend	aux
9	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	advcl
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 bend	obj
11	betimes	betimes	ADV	_	9 bend	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wants	punct
13	’	'	PUNCT	_	3 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is	must · to-infinitive	a sickle					bend, betimes property	tree rules

Example 3

"Good morning," said he to Little Claus; "you are come betimes to-day."

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 morning	punct
2	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 morning	amod
3	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	ccomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 morning	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 morning	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	nsubj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Little	case
9	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 said	obl
10	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Little	flat
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 come	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 come	punct
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 come	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 come	cop
15	come	come	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 said	parataxis
16	betimes	betimes	ADV	_	15 come	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 day	case
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 to	punct
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 come	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		Little				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to little=Recipient clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	Little				day	betimes, come property	tree rules

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