ear

Who acts: One, you, ye, I, earth, she · What happens: use, give, mean, listen, heaven, speak · To what, where: head, ear, earth, words, mouth · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

One of the two parts on the sides of the head used for hearing; "give ear" means listen.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 give	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 parts	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parts	det
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 parts	nummod
5	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 One	nmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 sides	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sides	det
8	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 parts	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 head	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 head	det
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sides	nmod
12	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 head	acl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 hearing	case
14	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 used	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 give	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 give	punct
17	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 means	nsubj
18	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 give	obj
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 give	punct
20	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 means	xcomp
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	participle		the head not said here	for hearing	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give in a quote	infinitive	One of the two parts on the sides of the head	ear		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
3	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	listen not said to happen	infinitive				vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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

Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

From Torah DEU.32.1, JPS 1917.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 heavens	punct
4	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 heavens	nsubj
5	heavens	heaven	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Give	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 speak	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 speak	cc
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 speak	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 speak	aux
10	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Give	conj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 let	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 let	cc
13	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 earth	det
15	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 let	obj
16	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 let	xcomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 words	det
18	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 hear	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 mouth	case
20	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 mouth	nmod:poss
21	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 words	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	ear	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
2	heaven		ye		tree rules
3	speak speech: other	future	I		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	let	infinitive	you not said here	the earth	tree rules
5	hear	infinitive	the earth not said here	the words of my mouth	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
6	word			my mouth	nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

Then she whispered in his ear:

From The Red Fairy Book.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 whispered	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 whispered	nsubj
3	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 ear	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ear	nmod:poss
6	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whispered	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 whispered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past	she			his ear	then		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location

Example 3

From thence further go and reckon what the mouth cannot express and the ear cannot hear.

From Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	2 thence	case
2	thence	thence	ADV	_	4 go	obl
3	further	further	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 reckon	cc
6	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 go	conj
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 express	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mouth	det
9	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 express	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 express	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 express	advmod
12	express	express	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 reckon	ccomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 hear	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ear	det
15	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hear	nsubj
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 hear	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 hear	advmod
18	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 go	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here	further property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from thence=Initial_Location
2	reckon	infinitive	you not said here		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not express	can	the mouth		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
4	not hear	can	the ear		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

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