betwixt

Who acts: he, three days, It, that, you, brethren · What happens: set, journey, mean, be, judge · To what, where: journey, it, brethren

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

Meaning 1

In the middle of two things or people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 middle	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 middle	det
3	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 things	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 things	nummod
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 middle	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 people	cc
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 things	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 middle	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob.

From Torah GEN.30.36, JPS 1917.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 set	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 set	nsubj
3	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 days	nummod
5	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 journey	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 days	case
7	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obj
8	betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 set	xcomp
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 betwixt	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Jacob	cc
11	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 himself	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past	he	three days's journey				betwixt property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient journey=Result
2	journey		three days						nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

It means betwixt and between, and that is just where I am.

From The Jungle Book.

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 between	cc
5	between	between	ADP	_	3 betwixt	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 where	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 where	cc
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 where	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 where	cop
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 where	advmod
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	2 means	conj
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 am	nsubj
13	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 where	cop
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It					betwixt property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	that					where property	tree rules

Example 3

Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.

From Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Set	set	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Set	obj
3	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Set	advmod
4	before	before	ADP	_	6 brethren	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 brethren	nmod:poss
6	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Set	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 brethren	cc
8	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	9 brethren	nmod:poss
9	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 brethren	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 judge	punct
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 judge	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 judge	nsubj
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 judge	aux
14	judge	judge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Set	conj
15	betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 judge	xcomp
16	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 betwixt	obl
17	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 us	nmod:unmarked
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	imperative	you not said here	it		my brethren and thy brethren; here			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme before brethren=Destination
2	judge	may	brethren					betwixt property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent

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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