drap
Who acts: fall, Brer, you, milking, Spose'n, roun · What happens: let, fall, mean, come by, say, drap · To what, where: fall, one sentence, im, Drip, me · Speech: someone speaks here
«drap» 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: drap in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
To let fall, or to fall; in one sentence it means to come by for a visit.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 let | mark |
| 2 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 fall | advcl |
| 3 | fall | fall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 let | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fall | punct |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 fall | cc |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 fall | mark |
| 7 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 means | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 sentence | case |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 sentence | nummod |
| 11 | sentence | sentence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 means | obl |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 means | nsubj |
| 13 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fall | advcl |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 come | mark |
| 15 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 means | xcomp |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 come | obl |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 visit | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 visit | det |
| 19 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 come | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 fall | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | to-infinitive | fall | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fall=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fall | to-infinitive | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | mean | present | fall | one sentence | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | come by not said to happen | to-infinitive | fall not said here | for a visit | vn escape-51.1-1 «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
Brer Rabbit say he drap 'im.
From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 say | nsubj |
| 2 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Brer | flat |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 drap | nsubj |
| 5 | drap | drap | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 say | ccomp |
| 6 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 im | punct |
| 7 | im | im | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 drap | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Brer | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | drap | infinitive | Brer | im | tree rules |
Example 2
"Drip, drap, drop, Will the milking soon stop?"
From Grimm's Fairy Stories.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 drap | punct |
| 2 | Drip | drip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drap | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Drip | punct |
| 4 | drap | drap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 drop | punct |
| 6 | drop | drop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 drap | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 stop | punct |
| 8 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 stop | aux |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 milking | det |
| 10 | milking | milking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stop | nsubj |
| 11 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 stop | advmod |
| 12 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 drap | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 drap | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 drap | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drap in a quote | imperative | you not said here | Drip | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drop in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | stop in a quote | future | the milking | soon property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Example 3
Spose'n you drap roun' ter-morrer en take dinner wid me.
From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spose'n | Spose'n | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 drap | nsubj |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 drap | nsubj |
| 3 | drap | drap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | roun | roun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 take | nsubj |
| 5 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 en | punct |
| 6 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 en | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 ter | punct |
| 8 | morrer | morrer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 en | compound |
| 9 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 roun | conj |
| 10 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 drap | ccomp |
| 11 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wid | nsubj |
| 12 | wid | wi | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 take | ccomp |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 wid | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 drap | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drap | present | Spose'n | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | take | present | roun and ter morrer en | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | |||||
| 3 | wi | past | dinner | me | tree rules |
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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