descend

Who acts: LORD, sun, rain, way, more concrete instantions · What happens: go, come down, fall, descend, stand, proclaim · To what, where: cloud, name, LORD, Hebrew root, entity, concrete speech

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

Meaning 1

To go or come down, or to fall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 go	mark
2	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 fall	advcl
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 come	cc
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 go	conj
5	down	down	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fall	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 fall	cc
8	to	to	PART	_	9 fall	mark
9	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 fall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	go	to-infinitive		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come down	infinitive	down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fall	to-infinitive		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

From Torah EXO.34.5, JPS 1917.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 descended	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 LORD	det
3	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 descended	nsubj
4	descended	descend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cloud	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cloud	det
7	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 descended	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stood	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stood	cc
10	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 descended	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stood	obl
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 stood	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 proclaimed	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 proclaimed	cc
16	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 stood	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 name	det
18	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 proclaimed	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 LORD	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 LORD	det
21	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 name	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 descended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	descend	past	the LORD		the cloud		vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stand	past	the LORD not said here		there	with LORD	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	proclaim	past	the LORD not said here	the name of the LORD			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
4	name			the LORD			nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

"To-morrow the sun will shine, or the rain descend.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 shine	punct
2	To	to	ADP	_	4 morrow	case
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 To	punct
4	morrow	morrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shine	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shine	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 shine	aux
8	shine	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 descend	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 descend	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rain	det
12	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 descend	nsubj
13	descend	descend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 shine	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 shine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine in a quote	future	the sun					to morrow	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	descend in a quote	infinitive	the rain						vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

This way of thinking about language imbues the Hebrew root itself with a certain metaphysical reality, an entity from which more concrete instantions of individual words may ontologically descend and ultimately crystallize into concrete speech or material reality.

From Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation.

The tree, 38 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 imbues	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 thinking	mark
4	thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 way	acl
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 language	case
6	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinking	obl
7	imbues	imbue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 root	det
9	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 root	amod
10	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 imbues	obj
11	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	10 root	nmod:unmarked
12	with	with	ADP	_	16 reality	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 reality	det
14	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 reality	amod
15	metaphysical	metaphysical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 reality	amod
16	reality	reality	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 imbues	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 entity	punct
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 entity	det
19	entity	entity	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 reality	appos
20	from	from	ADP	_	21 which	case
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 descend	obl
22	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	24 instantions	amod
23	concrete	concrete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 instantions	amod
24	instantions	instantion	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 descend	nsubj
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 words	case
26	individual	individual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 words	amod
27	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 instantions	nmod
28	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 descend	aux
29	ontologically	ontologically	ADV	_	30 descend	advmod
30	descend	descend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 entity	acl:relcl
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 crystallize	cc
32	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	33 crystallize	advmod
33	crystallize	crystallize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 descend	conj
34	into	into	ADP	_	36 speech	case
35	concrete	concrete	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 speech	compound
36	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 crystallize	obl
37	or	or	CCONJ	_	39 reality	cc
38	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 reality	compound
39	reality	reality	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 speech	conj
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 imbues	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	gerund	this way not said here			about language	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about language=Topic
2	imbue	present	this way	the Hebrew root way		with a certain metaphysical reality	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent root=Destination with reality=Theme
3	descend	may	more concrete instantions of individual words		a entity	ontologically property	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from which=Location
4	crystallize	infinitive	more concrete instantions of individual words not said here		concrete speech or material reality	ultimately property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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