commandment
Who acts: ruler, ye, commandment, Caliph, they, their · What happens: give, obey, not go up, rebel, command, fall · To what, where: law, LORD, first journey · Speech: someone speaks here
«commandment» 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: commandment in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
A firm order or law given by God or by a ruler, which people must obey.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 order | det |
| 2 | firm | firm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 order | amod |
| 3 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 law | cc |
| 5 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 order | conj |
| 6 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 law | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 God | case |
| 8 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 given | obl |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 ruler | cc |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 ruler | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 ruler | det |
| 12 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 God | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 obey | punct |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 obey | nsubj |
| 15 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 obey | nsubj |
| 16 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 obey | aux |
| 17 | obey | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 ruler | acl:relcl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 order | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | participle | law not said here | by God or a ruler | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | obey | must | a ruler | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: 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
Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God;
From Torah DEU.1.26, JPS 1917.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 5 go | cc |
| 2 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 go | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 go | advmod |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 go | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rebelled | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 rebelled | cc |
| 9 | rebelled | rebel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | conj |
| 10 | against | against | ADP | _ | 12 commandment | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 commandment | det |
| 12 | commandment | commandment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rebelled | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 LORD | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 LORD | det |
| 15 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 commandment | nmod |
| 16 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 God | nmod:poss |
| 17 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 LORD | appos |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go up | would | ye | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | rebel | past | ye not said here | against the commandment of the LORD | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against commandment=Maleficiary | ||||
| 3 | command | the LORD | nom commandment «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Example 2
The Caliph's commandment fell upon me like a thunderbolt.
From The Arabian Nights Entertainments.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Caliph | det |
| 2 | Caliph | Caliph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 commandment | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Caliph | case |
| 4 | commandment | commandment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fell | nsubj |
| 5 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 me | case |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 fell | obl |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 thunderbolt | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 thunderbolt | det |
| 10 | thunderbolt | thunderbolt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fell | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | the Caliph's commandment | upon me; like a thunderbolt | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon i=Location | ||||
| 2 | command | the Caliph | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 3
And they took their first journey, according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
From Torah NUM.10.13, JPS 1917.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 took | cc |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | 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 | 6 journey | nmod:poss |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 journey | amod |
| 6 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 commandment | punct |
| 8 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 commandment | case |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 according | fixed |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 commandment | det |
| 11 | commandment | commandment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 LORD | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 LORD | det |
| 14 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 commandment | nmod |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 hand | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 hand | det |
| 17 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Moses | case |
| 19 | Moses | Moses | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 hand | nmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | they | their first journey | accord the commandment of the LORD; by the hand of Moses | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | |||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | journey | their = they | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | command | the LORD | nom commandment «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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