canst
Who acts: He, Thou, man, I · What happens: be, use, say, not see, live, not run · To what, where: face, Me · Speech: someone speaks here
«canst» 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: canst in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
Are able to, used with thou.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 able | cop |
| 2 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 able | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 used | punct |
| 5 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 able | conj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 thou | case |
| 7 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 used | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 able | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | able property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | use | participle | with thou | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 He said: 'Thou canst not see My face, for man shall not see Me and live.'
From Torah EXO.33.20, JPS 1917.
The tree, 17 words
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 | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 5 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 6 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 9 see | nsubj |
| 7 | canst | can | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 9 see | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 see | advmod |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 10 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 face | nmod:poss |
| 11 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 see | punct |
| 13 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 17 see | mark |
| 14 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 see | nsubj |
| 15 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 see | aux |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 see | advmod |
| 17 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 see | parataxis |
| 18 | Me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 see | obj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 live | cc |
| 20 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 see | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 22 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | 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 | not see | can | Thou | My face | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | not see | shall | man | Me | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | live | present | man not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
I cannot run as thou canst."
From Grimm's Fairy Stories.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 run | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 run | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 run | advmod |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 canst | mark |
| 6 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 7 canst | nsubj |
| 7 | canst | can | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 4 run | advcl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 run | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 run | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not run | can | I | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
And who canst thou place before the only one?
From Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 place | cc |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 place | nsubj |
| 3 | canst | can | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 5 place | aux |
| 4 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 place | nsubj |
| 5 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 one | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 place | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 place | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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