bless

Who acts: LORD, you, he, Balak, Neither · What happens: ask, protect, bring, bless, keep, not do · To what, where: God, someone, them, thee, honey, dat · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

To ask God to protect someone or bring them good.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ask	mark
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 protect	mark
5	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ask	xcomp
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 protect	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 bring	cc
8	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 protect	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bring	obj
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bring	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive		God		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent god=Recipient clause=Topic
2	protect not said to happen	to-infinitive		someone		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Beneficiary
3	bring	infinitive	them = they		good property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=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

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee;

From Torah NUM.6.24, JPS 1917.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 LORD	det
2	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 bless	nsubj
3	bless	bless	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	3 bless	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 keep	cc
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bless	conj
8	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 keep	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 bless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bless	infinitive	the LORD	thee					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme
2	keep	infinitive	the LORD not said here	thee					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme

Example 2

"Bless gracious, honey, dat he didn't.

From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bless	punct
2	Bless	bless	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gracious	gracious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Bless	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 honey	punct
5	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Bless	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dat	punct
7	dat	dat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 honey	appos
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 did	nsubj
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dat	acl:relcl
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 did	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Bless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bless in a quote	imperative	you not said here	honey				gracious property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Theme
2	not do in a quote	past	he	dat not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dat=Eventuality

Example 3

And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.'

From Torah NUM.23.25, JPS 1917.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	Balak	Balak	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	unto	unto	ADP	_	5 Balaam	case
5	Balaam	Balaam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 curse	punct
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 curse	punct
8	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	9 curse	nsubj
9	curse	curse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 curse	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 curse	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bless	punct
14	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	15 bless	cc
15	bless	bless	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 curse	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 bless	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 bless	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
20	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Balak			unto Balaam	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	curse	present	Neither	them = they	all		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	bless	infinitive	Neither not said here	them = they	all		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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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