countenance
Who acts: Cain, countenance, you, LORD · What happens: be, fall, do, not put, lift up, give · To what, where: countenance, thee, peace
«countenance» 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: countenance in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
A person's face, or the look on it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 face | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 person | case |
| 4 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 look | punct |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 look | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 look | det |
| 8 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 face | conj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 look | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 face | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
From Torah GEN.4.5, JPS 1917.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wroth | cc |
| 2 | Cain | Cain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wroth | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wroth | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 wroth | advmod |
| 5 | wroth | wroth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fell | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 fell | cc |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 countenance | nmod:poss |
| 9 | countenance | countenance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fell | nsubj |
| 10 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wroth | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wroth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Cain | wroth property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fall | past | Cain's countenance | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
Don't be put out of countenance.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 put | advmod |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 put | aux:pass |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Do | acl |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 countenance | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 countenance | case |
| 7 | countenance | countenance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 put | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not put | infinitive · passive | countenance | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: out countenance=Destination |
Example 3
The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
From Torah NUM.6.26, JPS 1917.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 LORD | det |
| 2 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lift | nsubj |
| 3 | lift | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 lift | compound:prt |
| 5 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 countenance | nmod:poss |
| 6 | countenance | countenance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lift | obj |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 thee | case |
| 8 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 3 lift | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 give | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 give | cc |
| 11 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 lift | conj |
| 12 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 11 give | iobj |
| 13 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 give | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lift | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift up | present | the LORD | LORD's countenance | thee | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent countenance=Theme upon thou=Destination | |||
| 2 | give | infinitive | the LORD not said here | peace | thee | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient peace=Theme |
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