firstling

Who acts: Abel, that, womb, thou, firstling · What happens: bear, give, bring, open, be, sanctify · To what, where: first young animal, flock, God, Abel, Mine, males

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

Meaning 1

the first young animal born to a flock or herd, often given to God.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animal	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 animal	amod
3	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 animal	amod
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 animal	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 flock	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 flock	det
8	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 born	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 herd	cc
10	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flock	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 given	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	13 given	advmod
13	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 flock	acl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 God	case
15	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 given	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 animal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	participle		the first young animal not said here				to a flock or herd	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	give	participle		a flock or herd not said here	God			often property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to god=Recipient

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

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.

From Torah GEN.4.4, JPS 1917.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	6 brought	cc
2	Abel	Abel	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 brought	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Abel	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 brought	nsubj
5	also	also	ADV	_	6 brought	advmod
6	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 firstlings	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 firstlings	det
9	firstlings	firstling	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 brought	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 flock	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 flock	nmod:poss
12	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 firstlings	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fat	cc
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 fat	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 fat	det
16	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flock	conj
17	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	6 brought	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	Abel	Abel				of the firstlings of Abel's flock and the fat; thereof property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of firstling=Initial_Location

Example 2

All that openeth the womb is Mine; and of all thy cattle thou shalt sanctify the males, the firstlings of ox and sheep.

From Torah EXO.34.19, JPS 1917.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 openeth	det:predet
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 openeth	nsubj
3	openeth	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 womb	det
5	womb	womb	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Mine	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Mine	cop
7	Mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 openeth	ccomp
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 sanctify	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sanctify	cc
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 cattle	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 cattle	det
12	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	13 cattle	nmod:poss
13	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 sanctify	obl
14	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	16 sanctify	nsubj
15	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	16 sanctify	aux
16	sanctify	sanctify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 openeth	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 males	det
18	males	male	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 sanctify	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 firstlings	punct
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 firstlings	det
21	firstlings	firstling	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 males	conj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 ox	case
23	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 firstlings	nmod
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 sheep	cc
25	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 males	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 openeth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	open	present	that			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	the womb	Mine		tree rules
3	sanctify	shall	thou	the males and the firstlings of ox and sheep	of thy cattle	tree rules

Example 3

And the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck.

From Torah EXO.34.20, JPS 1917.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	9 redeem	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 firstling	det
3	firstling	firstling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 redeem	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 ass	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ass	det
6	ass	ass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 firstling	nmod
7	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	9 redeem	nsubj
8	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	9 redeem	aux
9	redeem	redeem	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 lamb	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lamb	det
12	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 redeem	obl
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 redeem	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 redeem	cc
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 redeem	mark
16	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	19 redeem	nsubj
17	wilt	will	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	19 redeem	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 redeem	advmod
19	redeem	redeem	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 redeem	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 redeem	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 break	punct
22	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	25 break	advmod
23	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	25 break	nsubj
24	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	25 break	aux
25	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 redeem	advcl
26	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 neck	nmod:poss
27	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 break	obj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 redeem	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	redeem	shall	the firstling of a ass			with a lamb	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not redeem a condition, not said to happen	future	thou	firstling			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	break	shall	thou	firstling's neck	then		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient

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