causest
Who acts: you, something, cause, thou, we, thousand instances · What happens: cause, mean, make, happen, form, be · To what, where: something, cause, candle, fire, Spite, mankind · Speech: someone speaks here
«causest» 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: causest in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
«causest» means «you cause», a form of «cause»: What makes something happen.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 causest | punct |
| 2 | causest | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | nsubj |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 causest | punct |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 cause | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 cause | nsubj |
| 7 | cause | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 cause | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 form | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 form | det |
| 11 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | parataxis |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 cause | case |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 cause | punct |
| 14 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 form | nmod |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 form | punct |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 makes | punct |
| 17 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 makes | nsubj |
| 18 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | parataxis |
| 19 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 18 makes | obj |
| 20 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 makes | xcomp |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause in a quote | present | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | cause in a quote | present | you | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 4 | make | present | something | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | happen | infinitive | something not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | form | cause | 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:
"The cause of the fire was a candle."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 candle | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cause | det |
| 3 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 candle | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 fire | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fire | det |
| 6 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cause | nmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 candle | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 candle | det |
| 9 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 candle | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 candle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | the cause of the fire | a candle | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cause in a quote | the fire | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
Example 1
Spite of thy charms, thou causest often pain And sore regret, of which we daily find A thousand instances attend mankind: For thou--O may it not displease the fair-- A fleeting pleasure art, but lasting care.
From The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault.
The tree, 37 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spite | spite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 causest | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 charms | case |
| 3 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 charms | nmod:poss |
| 4 | charms | charm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Spite | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Spite | punct |
| 6 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 7 causest | nsubj |
| 7 | causest | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | often | often | ADV | _ | 9 pain | advmod |
| 9 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 causest | obj |
| 10 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 regret | cc |
| 11 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 regret | amod |
| 12 | regret | regret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pain | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 find | punct |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 which | case |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 find | obl |
| 16 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 find | nsubj |
| 17 | daily | daily | ADV | _ | 18 find | advmod |
| 18 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 causest | conj |
| 19 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 instances | det |
| 20 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 instances | nummod |
| 21 | instances | instance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 attend | nsubj |
| 22 | attend | attend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 find | ccomp |
| 23 | mankind | mankind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 attend | obj |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 thou | punct |
| 25 | For | for | ADP | _ | 26 thou | case |
| 26 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 7 causest | conj |
| 27 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 32 displease | punct |
| 28 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 32 displease | discourse |
| 29 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 displease | aux |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 displease | nsubj |
| 31 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 32 displease | advmod |
| 32 | displease | displease | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 causest | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 fair | det |
| 34 | fair | fair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 displease | obj |
| 35 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 39 art | punct |
| 36 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 art | det |
| 37 | fleeting | fleeting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 art | amod |
| 38 | pleasure | pleasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 art | compound |
| 39 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 fair | parataxis |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 care | punct |
| 41 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 43 care | cc |
| 42 | lasting | lasting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 care | amod |
| 43 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 displease | conj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 causest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | present | thou | Spite of thy charms | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition pain=Patient | ||||
| 2 | find | present | we | daily property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | attend | present | a thousand instances | mankind | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mankind=Goal | ||||
| 4 | not displease | may | mankind | the fair | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fair=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | spite | thy charms | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
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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