brethren

Who acts: he, I, Immortal fame, Joseph, they · What happens: say, seek, fall down, lay, know, not know · To what, where: brethren, slain brethren, Joseph · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Brothers, or relatives.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 relatives	punct
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 relatives	cc
4	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Brothers	conj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Brothers	punct

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

Example 1

And he said: 'I seek my brethren.

From Torah GEN.37.16, JPS 1917.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 seek	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 seek	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 seek	nsubj
7	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brethren	nmod:poss
9	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seek	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	seek	present	I	my brethren					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brethren=Theme

Example 2

Immortal fame!" when he himself fell down, and lay quietly among his slain brethren.

From Tanglewood Tales.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immortal	immortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fame	amod
2	fame	fame	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fell	nsubj
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 fame	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 fame	punct
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 fell	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fell	nsubj
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	6 he	nmod:unmarked
8	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	down	down	ADV	_	8 fell	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lay	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lay	cc
12	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 fell	conj
13	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	12 lay	advmod
14	among	among	ADP	_	17 brethren	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 brethren	nmod:poss
16	slain	slain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 brethren	amod
17	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lay	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down in a quote	past	Immortal fame					down property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lay in a quote	infinitive	Immortal fame not said here			fame's slain brethren		quietly property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent among brethren=Destination

Example 3

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew him not.

From Torah GEN.42.8, JPS 1917.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 knew	cc
2	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 knew	nsubj
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 brethren	nmod:poss
5	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knew	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knew	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 knew	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 knew	nsubj
9	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knew	parataxis
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 knew	obj
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 knew	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 knew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	Joseph	Joseph's brethren					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer brethren=Stimulus
2	not know	past	they	Joseph					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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