dim

Who acts: sentence, eyes, Israel, Moses, eye · What happens: see, be, not see, call, die, not be · To what, where: one sentence, It, hundred, natural force · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Not bright, or not able to see well; in one sentence it is short for "diminutive.".

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 bright	advmod
2	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 able	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 able	cc
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 able	advmod
6	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bright	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 see	mark
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 able	xcomp
9	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 see	advmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 short	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 sentence	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 sentence	nummod
13	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 short	obl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 short	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 short	cop
16	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bright	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 diminutive	case
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 diminutive	punct
19	diminutive	diminutive	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 short	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 short	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 short	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bright	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	to-infinitive						well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	sentence			one sentence		for diminutive; short property	tree rules

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

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see.

From Torah GEN.48.10, JPS 1917.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 dim	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 eyes	det
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dim	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Israel	case
5	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 eyes	nmod
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dim	cop
7	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 age	case
9	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dim	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 see	punct
11	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	16 see	mark
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 so	fixed
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 see	nsubj
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 see	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 see	advmod
16	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 dim	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 dim	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the eyes of Israel				for age; now	dim property	tree rules
2	not see	could	Israel						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 2

It is called in the original a Kukla (dim.

From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 called	aux:pass
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 original	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 original	det
6	original	original	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 Kukla	det
8	Kukla	Kukla	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 original	appos
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 dim	punct
10	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Kukla	amod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		It					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 3

And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

From Torah DEU.34.7, JPS 1917.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	9 old	cc
2	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 hundred	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hundred	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hundred	det
5	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 twenty	cc
7	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 hundred	conj
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 old	obl:unmarked
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 died	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 died	nsubj
12	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 old	acl:relcl
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 dim	punct
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 eye	nmod:poss
15	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dim	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 dim	cop
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 dim	advmod
18	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 old	parataxis
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 force	punct
20	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	23 force	cc
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 force	nmod:poss
22	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 force	amod
23	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dim	conj
24	abated	abate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 force	acl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 old	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Moses	a hundred		tree rules
2	die	past	Moses			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	not is	past	Moses's eye		dim property	tree rules
4	abate	participle		Moses's natural force not said here		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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