faint

Who acts: Esau, sickening smell, me, I · What happens: come in, be, sicken, make, say, let · To what, where: Jacob sod pottage, field, him, Jacob, me, thee · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

weak, tired and nearly without strength, especially from hunger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 strength	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 tired	punct
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 weak	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 strength	cc
5	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	7 strength	advmod
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 strength	case
7	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hunger	punct
9	especially	especially	ADV	_	11 hunger	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 hunger	case
11	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strength	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 strength	punct

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

Example 1

And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.

From Torah GEN.25.29, JPS 1917.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 pottage	cc
2	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pottage	compound
3	sod	sod	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pottage	compound
4	pottage	pottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 came	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Esau	cc
7	Esau	Esau	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pottage	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADV	_	8 came	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 field	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 field	det
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 faint	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 faint	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 faint	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 faint	cop
17	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 came	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pottage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in	past	Esau	Jacob sod pottage not said here		the field			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pottage=Theme
2	is	past	Esau					faint property	tree rules

Example 2

The sickening smell made him faint.

From Japanese Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 smell	det
2	sickening	sicken	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 smell	amod
3	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	obj
6	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 made	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sicken	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	make	past	the sickening smell	him = he				faint property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

Example 3

And Esau said to Jacob: 'Let me swallow, I pray thee, some of this red, red pottage; for I am faint.' Therefore was his name called Edom.

From Torah GEN.25.30, JPS 1917.

Sentence 1: And Esau said to Jacob: 'Let me swallow, I pray thee, some of this red, red pottage; for I am faint.'

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	Esau	Esau	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Jacob	case
5	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 Let	punct
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 Let	punct
8	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 Let	obj
10	swallow	swallow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 Let	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pray	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 pray	nsubj
13	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Let	conj
14	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	13 pray	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 pottage	punct
16	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	22 pottage	nsubj
17	of	of	ADP	_	22 pottage	case
18	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 pottage	nsubj
19	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 pottage	amod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 red	punct
21	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 pottage	amod
22	pottage	pottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pray	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 faint	punct
24	for	for	ADP	_	27 faint	case
25	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 faint	nsubj
26	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 faint	cop
27	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Let	parataxis
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Let	punct
29	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Esau		Jacob		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to jacob=Experiencer clause=Topic
2	let	infinitive		me			tree rules
3	swallow	infinitive	me not said here				vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	pray	present	I	thee		of red red pottage	tree rules
5	is	present	I			faint property	tree rules

Sentence 2: Therefore was his name called Edom.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Therefore	therefore	ADV	_	4 name	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 name	cop
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 name	nmod:poss
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 name	acl
6	Edom	Edom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Jacob's name				therefore property	tree rules
2	call	participle		Jacob's name not said here					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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