cattle

Who acts: they, cattle, Abram · What happens: keep, bring, go, be · To what, where: Animals, farm, cattle

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

Meaning 1

Animals kept on a farm, such as cows, sheep, goats or camels, and sometimes wealth.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Animals	acl
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 farm	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 farm	det
5	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cows	punct
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 cows	case
8	as	as	ADP	_	7 such	fixed
9	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 farm	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sheep	punct
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cows	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 goats	punct
13	goats	goat	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cows	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 camels	cc
15	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 goats	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 wealth	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 wealth	cc
18	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	19 wealth	advmod
19	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Animals	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Animals	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	participle		Animals and wealth not said here		a farm			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on farm=Location

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 they brought their cattle unto Joseph.

From Torah GEN.47.17, JPS 1917.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 brought	cc
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cattle	nmod:poss
5	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 brought	obj
6	unto	unto	ADP	_	7 Joseph	case
7	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	they		their cattle			unto Joseph	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument cattle=Destination

Example 2

‘Raleô, raleô, How the cattle go!’

From The Red Fairy Book.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	2 Raleô	punct
2	Raleô	Raleô	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 raleô	punct
4	raleô	raleô	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Raleô	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
6	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 go	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cattle	det
8	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 go	nsubj
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Raleô	parataxis
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
11	’	'	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the cattle						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

From Torah GEN.13.2, JPS 1917.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 rich	cc
2	Abram	Abram	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rich	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rich	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 rich	advmod
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 cattle	case
7	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rich	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 silver	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 silver	case
10	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cattle	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 gold	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gold	cc
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 gold	case
14	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cattle	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 rich	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Abram					in cattle and silver and gold; rich property	tree rules

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