froward

Who acts: refusing, He, I, end, they · What happens: refuse, not do, be, want, say, hide · To what, where: face, faithfulness, last, check, froward tongue · Speech: someone speaks here

«froward» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: froward in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

stubborn, awkward, and refusing to do what is right or wanted.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	stubborn	stubborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 awkward	punct
3	awkward	awkward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 stubborn	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 right	cc
6	refusing	refuse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 right	csubj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 refusing	xcomp
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 do	obj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 right	cop
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 stubborn	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 wanted	cc
13	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 right	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 stubborn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	refuse	gerund			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not do	to-infinitive			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	is	present	refusing	right property	tree rules
4	want	past	refusing not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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 He said: 'I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.

From Torah DEU.32.20, JPS 1917.

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 hide	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 hide	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 hide	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hide	aux
8	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
9	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 face	nmod:poss
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hide	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hide	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 see	punct
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 see	nsubj
15	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 see	aux
16	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hide	conj
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 be	obj
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 end	nmod:poss
19	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 be	nsubj
20	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 be	aux
21	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 see	ccomp
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 generation	punct
23	for	for	ADP	_	29 generation	case
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 generation	nsubj
25	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 generation	cop
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 generation	det
27	very	very	ADV	_	28 froward	advmod
28	froward	froward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 generation	amod
29	generation	generation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 children	punct
31	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 generation	conj
32	in	in	ADP	_	33 whom	case
33	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 faithfulness	obl
34	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 faithfulness	cop
35	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	36 faithfulness	det
36	faithfulness	faithfulness	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 children	nmod
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hide	future	I	My face		from them = they	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent face=Patient from they=Beneficiary
3	see	future	I				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	be	shall	their end				vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
5	is	present	they		for a froward generation and children		tree rules
6	is a	present		no faithfulness		in children	tree rules

Example 2

"Enough! woman," he cried at last; "put a check upon thy froward tongue!

From The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 woman	punct
2	Enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 woman	amod
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Enough	punct
4	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cried	parataxis
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 woman	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 cried	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cried	nsubj
8	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 last	case
10	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cried	obl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 put	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 put	punct
13	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 cried	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 check	det
15	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 put	obj
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 tongue	case
17	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	19 tongue	nmod:poss
18	froward	froward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 tongue	amod
19	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 put	obl
20	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	he			last			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	put in a quote	infinitive	he not said here	a check		thy froward tongue			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent check=Theme upon tongue=Destination

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