herb
Who acts: Thorns, thou, moving thing · What happens: grow, bring, eat, be, move, live · To what, where: grass, thee, herb, fourth glass, moving thing, you
«herb» 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: herb in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
Any green plant, including grass and plants grown for food.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 plant | det |
| 2 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 plant | amod |
| 3 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 grass | punct |
| 5 | including | including | ADP | _ | 6 grass | case |
| 6 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plant | appos |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 plants | cc |
| 8 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 grass | conj |
| 9 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 grass | acl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 food | case |
| 11 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grown | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 plant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | grass and plants not said here | for food | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
From Torah GEN.3.18, JPS 1917.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thorns | thorn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 bring | nsubj |
| 2 | also | also | ADV | _ | 1 Thorns | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 thistles | cc |
| 4 | thistles | thistle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Thorns | conj |
| 5 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 bring | aux |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bring | nsubj |
| 7 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 7 bring | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 thee | case |
| 10 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 7 bring | obl |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 eat | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 eat | cc |
| 13 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 15 eat | nsubj |
| 14 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 15 eat | aux |
| 15 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 bring | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 herb | det |
| 17 | herb | herb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 eat | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 field | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 field | det |
| 20 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 herb | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 bring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | shall | Thorns and thistles | thee | forth property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to thou=Destination | |||
| 2 | eat | shall | thou | the herb of the field | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Patient |
Example 2
"In the fourth glass is neither herb, bird, nor urchin.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 herb | punct |
| 2 | In | in | ADP | _ | 5 glass | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 glass | det |
| 4 | fourth | fourth | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 glass | amod |
| 5 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 herb | obl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 herb | cop |
| 7 | neither | neither | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 herb | cc:preconj |
| 8 | herb | herb | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bird | punct |
| 10 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 herb | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 urchin | punct |
| 12 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 13 urchin | cc |
| 13 | urchin | urchin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 herb | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 herb | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | herb and bird nor urchin | the fourth glass | tree rules |
Example 3
Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
From Torah GEN.9.3, JPS 1917.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 thing | det |
| 2 | moving | move | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 thing | amod |
| 3 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 given | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 liveth | nsubj |
| 5 | liveth | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 thing | acl:relcl |
| 6 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 food | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 food | cop |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 food | case |
| 9 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 liveth | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 you | case |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 liveth | obl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 herb | punct |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 herb | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 herb | det |
| 15 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 herb | amod |
| 16 | herb | herb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thing | conj |
| 17 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 given | aux |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 given | nsubj |
| 19 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 given | iobj |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 you | nmod:unmarked |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | gerund | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | live | present | every moving thing and the green herb | for you | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | shall | for food | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | give | present · perfect · passive | every moving thing and the green herb | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient you=Theme |
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