heed
Who acts: you, thou, thy, nobody, he · What happens: pay, act, take, not offer, see, offer · To what, where: attention, heed, thyself, burnt offerings, place, Levite · Speech: someone speaks here
«heed» 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: heed in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
To pay attention to something and act on it, such as a warning or a command.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 pay | mark |
| 2 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pay | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 something | case |
| 5 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 pay | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 act | cc |
| 7 | act | act | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 pay | conj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 act | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 warning | punct |
| 11 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 14 warning | case |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 such | fixed |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 warning | det |
| 14 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 act | obl |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 command | cc |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 command | det |
| 17 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 warning | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 pay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | to-infinitive | attention | to something | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset | ||||
| 2 | act | infinitive | attention | such a warning or a command | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on it=Eventuality |
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
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;
From Torah DEU.12.13, JPS 1917.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | heed | heed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 thyself | case |
| 4 | thyself | thyself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes Style=Arch | 1 Take | obl |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 offer | mark |
| 6 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 7 offer | nsubj |
| 7 | offer | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | advcl |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 offer | advmod |
| 9 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 12 offerings | nmod:poss |
| 10 | burnt | burnt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 offerings | amod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 burnt | punct |
| 12 | offerings | offering | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 offer | obj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 place | case |
| 14 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 place | det |
| 15 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offer | obl |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 seest | obj |
| 17 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 18 seest | nsubj |
| 18 | seest | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 place | acl:relcl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | heed | thyself | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent heed=Theme to thyself=Destination | |||
| 2 | not offer | present | thou | thy burnt offerings | every place | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | |||
| 3 | see | present | thou | every place | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | offer | thy | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 2
But nobody heeded what he said.
From Celtic Fairy Tales.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 heeded | cc |
| 2 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 heeded | nsubj |
| 3 | heeded | heed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 said | obj |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 heeded | ccomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 heeded | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heed | past | nobody | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
Example 3
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land.
From Torah DEU.12.19, JPS 1917.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | heed | heed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 thyself | case |
| 4 | thyself | thyself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes Style=Arch | 1 Take | obl |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 Levite | mark |
| 6 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 10 Levite | nsubj |
| 7 | forsake | forsake | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 Levite | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 Levite | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Levite | det |
| 10 | Levite | levite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | advcl |
| 11 | as | as | ADV | _ | 12 long | advmod |
| 12 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Take | advmod |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 livest | case |
| 14 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 15 livest | nsubj |
| 15 | livest | live | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 12 long | conj |
| 16 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 18 land | case |
| 17 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 18 land | nmod:poss |
| 18 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 livest | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | heed | thyself | long property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent heed=Theme to thyself=Destination | ||
| 2 | not is a | present | thou | the Levite | tree rules |
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