ere

Who acts: midwives, Hebrew women, dwarfs, flesh, teeth, LORD · What happens: say, not be, be, deliver, come, troop out · To what, where: all, flesh, anger, people · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

before; earlier than a certain time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	before	before	ADV	_	3 earlier	advmod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 before	punct
3	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	7 time	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 time	det
6	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 earlier	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 earlier	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.'

From Torah EXO.1.19, JPS 1917.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 said	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 midwives	det
3	midwives	midwife	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	unto	unto	ADP	_	6 Pharaoh	case
6	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 said	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 women	punct
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	18 women	punct
9	Because	because	SCONJ	_	18 women	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 women	det
11	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 women	amod
12	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 women	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 women	cop
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 women	advmod
15	as	as	ADP	_	18 women	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 women	det
17	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 women	amod
18	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 said	obl
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 lively	punct
20	for	for	ADP	_	23 lively	case
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 lively	nsubj
22	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 lively	cop
23	lively	lively	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 delivered	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 delivered	cc
26	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 delivered	aux:pass
27	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 said	parataxis
28	ere	ere	ADP	_	30 midwife	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 midwife	det
30	midwife	midwife	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 delivered	obl
31	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 delivered	conj
32	unto	unto	ADP	_	33 them	case
33	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 come	obl
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
35	'	'	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the midwives		unto Pharaoh	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present	the Hebrew women		as the Egyptian women	tree rules
3	is	present	midwives = midwife		lively property	tree rules
4	deliver	present · passive		ere the midwife		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»
5	come	infinitive			unto midwives = midwife	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Ere long the dwarfs came trooping out till all were assembled.

From The Green Fairy Book.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ere	ere	ADV	_	2 long	advmod
2	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 came	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dwarfs	det
4	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	trooping	troop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 came	xcomp
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 trooping	compound:prt
8	till	till	SCONJ	_	11 assembled	mark
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 assembled	nsubj:pass
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 assembled	aux:pass
11	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 trooping	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	come	past	the dwarfs		long property	tree rules
2	troop out	gerund	the dwarfs not said here			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	assemble	past · passive		all		vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Example 3

While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

From Torah NUM.11.33, JPS 1917.

The tree, 33 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	While	while	SCONJ	_	8 teeth	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flesh	det
3	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 teeth	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 teeth	cop
5	yet	yet	ADV	_	8 teeth	advmod
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 teeth	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 teeth	nmod:poss
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ere	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 teeth	punct
10	ere	ere	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 chewed	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 chewed	aux:pass
13	chewed	chew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 ere	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 kindled	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 anger	det
16	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 kindled	nsubj:pass
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 LORD	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 LORD	det
19	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 anger	nmod
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 kindled	aux:pass
21	kindled	kindle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 chewed	conj
22	against	against	ADP	_	24 people	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 people	det
24	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 kindled	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 smote	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 smote	cc
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 LORD	det
28	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 smote	nsubj
29	smote	smite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ere	conj
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 people	det
31	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 smote	obj
32	with	with	ADP	_	36 plague	case
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 plague	det
34	very	very	ADV	_	35 great	advmod
35	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 plague	amod
36	plague	plague	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 smote	obl
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 ere	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the flesh		yet	between their teeth	tree rules
2	ere	past	their teeth				tree rules
3	chew	past · passive		flesh			vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	kindle	past · passive		the anger of the LORD		against the people	vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
5	smite	past	the LORD	the people		with a great plague	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent people=Patient with plague=Instrument
6	anger		the LORD				nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent

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