confirmeth
Who acts: it · What happens: confirm, mean, form, be, say, curse · To what, where: confirms, confirm, something, he, words, law · Speech: someone speaks here
«confirmeth» 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: confirmeth in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
«confirmeth» means «confirms», a form of «confirm».
The tree, 7 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 confirmeth | punct |
| 2 | confirmeth | confirm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | nsubj |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 confirmeth | punct |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 confirms | punct |
| 6 | confirms | confirm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 means | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 confirms | punct |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 form | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 form | det |
| 10 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | parataxis |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 confirm | case |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 confirm | punct |
| 13 | confirm | confirm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 form | nmod |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 form | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confirm in a quote | present | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | confirms | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confirm=Topic | |||||
| 3 | form | confirm | 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:
To confirm something is to show or say that it is definitely true or correct.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 confirm | mark |
| 2 | confirm | confirm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 show | advcl |
| 3 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 confirm | obj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 show | cop |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 show | mark |
| 6 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 say | cc |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 show | conj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 true | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 true | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 true | cop |
| 12 | definitely | definitely | ADV | _ | 13 true | advmod |
| 13 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 say | ccomp |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 correct | cc |
| 15 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 true | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confirm | to-infinitive | something | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot something=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is | present | show property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | is | present | it | definitely, true property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | be speech: disagree | tree rules |
Example 1
Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them.
From Torah DEU.27.26, JPS 1917.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 he | cop |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Cursed | obl |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 confirmeth | mark |
| 5 | confirmeth | confirm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Cursed | advcl |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 confirmeth | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 words | det |
| 8 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 confirmeth | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 law | case |
| 10 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 law | det |
| 11 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 words | nmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 do | mark |
| 13 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 law | acl |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 do | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cursed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | participle | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | infinitive | he | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | not confirm | present | the words of this law | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot word=Topic | |||||
| 4 | do | to-infinitive | words = word | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | word | this law | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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