cunning

Who acts: boys, Esau, Jacob, He · What happens: trick, grow, be, dwell, try, get out · To what, where: people, cunning hunter, quiet man, tents

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

Meaning 1

Clever with the hands or mind, or clever at tricking people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clever	clever	ADV	_	4 hands	advmod
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 hands	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hands	det
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 mind	cc
6	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hands	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 clever	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 clever	cc
9	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hands	conj
10	at	at	SCONJ	_	11 tricking	mark
11	tricking	trick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 clever	advcl
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tricking	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hands	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	gerund		people					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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.

Example 1

And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.

From Torah GEN.25.27, JPS 1917.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 grew	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boys	det
3	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grew	nsubj
4	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 hunter	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Esau	cc
7	Esau	Esau	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 hunter	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 hunter	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hunter	det
10	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hunter	compound
11	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grew	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 man	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 man	det
14	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hunter	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 field	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 field	det
17	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 man	nmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 man	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 man	cc
20	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 man	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 man	cop
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 man	det
23	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 man	amod
24	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grew	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 dwelling	punct
26	dwelling	dwell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 grew	advcl
27	in	in	ADP	_	28 tents	case
28	tents	tent	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 dwelling	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	grow	past	the boys			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	Esau	a cunning hunter and a man of the field		tree rules
3	is a	past	Jacob	a quiet man		tree rules
4	dwell	gerund	the boys not said here		tents	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tent=Location

Example 2

“He is very old and very cunning.

From The Jungle Book.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	5 old	punct
2	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 old	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 old	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 old	advmod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cunning	cc
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 cunning	advmod
8	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 old	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 old	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	He					old property	tree rules

Example 3

Then he tried to get out by cunning.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 tried	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tried	nsubj
3	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 get	mark
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tried	xcomp
6	out	out	ADV	_	5 get	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 cunning	case
8	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	he				then		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	get out not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here					by cunning; out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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