ee
Who acts: squeal, he, gree · What happens: cry, want, ee, pronounce · To what, where: vowel sound, pronunciation guide, bacon, AEneas
«ee» 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: ee in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
A squeal or cry, or the vowel sound "ee" in a pronunciation guide.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 squeal | det |
| 2 | squeal | squeal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cry | nsubj |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 cry | cc |
| 4 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sound | punct |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 sound | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sound | det |
| 8 | vowel | vowel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sound | compound |
| 9 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cry | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 ee | punct |
| 11 | ee | ee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sound | appos |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 ee | punct |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 guide | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 guide | det |
| 15 | pronunciation | pronunciation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 guide | compound |
| 16 | guide | guide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cry | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | infinitive | a squeal | the vowel sound | a pronunciation guide | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Topic |
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
But he wants my bacon! gree-ee-ee!"
From The Aesop for Children / With pictures by Milo Winter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 wants | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 bacon | nmod:poss |
| 5 | bacon | bacon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | obj |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 11 ee | punct |
| 7 | gree | gree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ee | nsubj |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 gree | punct |
| 9 | ee | ee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ee | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 ee | punct |
| 11 | ee | ee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | parataxis |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 11 ee | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 ee | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | he | my bacon | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bacon=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ee | gree | tree rules |
Example 2
AEgisthus (ee-jiss'-thus, th as in both), 305.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.
The tree, 9 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AEgisthus | AEgisthus | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 jiss | punct |
| 3 | ee | ee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jiss | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 jiss | punct |
| 5 | jiss | jiss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 AEgisthus | appos |
| 6 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 jiss | punct |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 305 | punct |
| 8 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 16 305 | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 305 | punct |
| 10 | th | th | ADV | _ | 16 305 | advmod |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 both | case |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 both | case |
| 13 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 305 | obl |
| 14 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 13 both | punct |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 both | punct |
| 16 | 305 | 305 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 AEgisthus | list |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 AEgisthus | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 3
Thus AEneas may be pronounced A-na'-ahss; Aides ah-ee'-daze.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 5 pronounced | advmod |
| 2 | AEneas | AEneas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 pronounced | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 pronounced | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 pronounced | aux:pass |
| 5 | pronounced | pronounce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 ahss | det |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 na | punct |
| 8 | na | na | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ahss | compound |
| 9 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 na | punct |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 na | punct |
| 11 | ahss | ahss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pronounced | obj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 Aides | punct |
| 13 | Aides | aide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pronounced | conj |
| 14 | ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 19 daze | discourse |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 ee | punct |
| 16 | ee | ee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 daze | compound |
| 17 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 ee | punct |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 daze | punct |
| 19 | daze | daze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Aides | nmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pronounced | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pronounce | may · passive | AEneas | thus property | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme ahss=Result |
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