biteth
Who acts: you, Dan, that, rider · What happens: bite, mean, cut, hold, form, be · To what, where: bites, something, bite, apple, serpent, way · Speech: someone speaks here
«biteth» 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: biteth in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
«biteth» means «bites», a form of «bite»: To cut or hold something with your teeth.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 biteth | punct |
| 2 | biteth | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | nsubj |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 biteth | punct |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 bites | punct |
| 6 | bites | bite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 means | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 bites | punct |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 form | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 form | det |
| 10 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | parataxis |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 bite | case |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 bite | punct |
| 13 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 form | nmod |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 form | punct |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 cut | punct |
| 16 | To | to | PART | _ | 17 cut | mark |
| 17 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | parataxis |
| 18 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 19 hold | cc |
| 19 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 17 cut | conj |
| 20 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 19 hold | obj |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 teeth | case |
| 22 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 23 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 hold | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite in a quote | present | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | bites | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bite=Topic | |||||
| 3 | cut | to-infinitive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 4 | hold | infinitive | something | with your teeth | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | ||||
| 5 | form | bite | nom form «communication transitive»: of=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:
"Bite the apple."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Bite | punct |
| 2 | Bite | bite | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 apple | det |
| 4 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Bite | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Bite | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Bite | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite in a quote | imperative | you not said here | the apple | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Patient |
Example 1
Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward.
From Torah GEN.49.17, JPS 1917.
The tree, 26 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan | Dan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 serpent | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 serpent | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 serpent | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 serpent | det |
| 5 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 way | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 way | det |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 serpent | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 snake | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 snake | det |
| 11 | horned | horned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 snake | amod |
| 12 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 serpent | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 path | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 path | det |
| 15 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 snake | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 biteth | punct |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 biteth | nsubj |
| 18 | biteth | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 serpent | parataxis |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 horse | det |
| 20 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 heels | nmod:poss |
| 21 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 20 horse | case |
| 22 | heels | heel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 biteth | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 falleth | punct |
| 24 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 28 falleth | mark |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 so | fixed |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 rider | nmod:poss |
| 27 | rider | rider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 falleth | nsubj |
| 28 | falleth | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 biteth | conj |
| 29 | backward | backward | ADV | _ | 28 falleth | advmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 serpent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | shall | Dan | a serpent and a horned snake in the path | the way | tree rules | |||
| 2 | bite | present | that | the horse's heels | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heel=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fall | present | Dan's rider | backward property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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