kind
Who acts: Thou, LORD God, she, it · What happens: sort, not plant, make, be, refer, approach · To what, where: something, thee, altar, another, kind, phantom essence
«kind» 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: kind in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
A type or sort of something.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 type | det |
| 2 | type | type | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 sort | cc |
| 4 | sort | sort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 type | conj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 something | case |
| 6 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 sort | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 type | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sort | something | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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
Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
From Torah DEU.16.21, JPS 1917.
The tree, 25 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 plant | nsubj |
| 2 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 4 plant | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 plant | advmod |
| 4 | plant | plant | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 plant | obj |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 Asherah | det |
| 7 | Asherah | Asherah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 plant | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 kind | case |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 kind | det |
| 10 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 plant | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 tree | case |
| 12 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 kind | nmod |
| 13 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 15 altar | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 altar | det |
| 15 | altar | altar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 plant | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 God | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 God | det |
| 18 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 God | amod |
| 19 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 20 God | nmod:poss |
| 20 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 altar | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 make | punct |
| 22 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 make | nsubj |
| 23 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 25 make | nsubj |
| 24 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 25 make | aux |
| 25 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 God | parataxis |
| 26 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 25 make | obj |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 plant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not plant | shall | Thou | thee | the altar of thy LORD God | of any kind of tree | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme asherah=Destination | ||
| 2 | make | shall | thy LORD God | thee | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thou=Product |
Example 2
Would she to me were kind!
From Andersen's Fairy Tales.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 kind | aux |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 kind | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 me | case |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 she | obl |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 kind | cop |
| 6 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 kind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | she | kind property | tree rules |
Example 3
On another, it refers to something less tangible, approaching the kind of phantom essence implied by the English term ‘soul’.
From Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 2 another | case |
| 2 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 refers | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 another | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 refers | nsubj |
| 5 | refers | refer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 something | case |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 refers | obl |
| 8 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 tangible | advmod |
| 9 | tangible | tangible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 something | amod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 approaching | punct |
| 11 | approaching | approach | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 refers | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 kind | det |
| 13 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 approaching | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 essence | case |
| 15 | phantom | phantom | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 essence | amod |
| 16 | essence | essence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 kind | nmod |
| 17 | implied | imply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 essence | acl |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 term | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 term | det |
| 20 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 term | amod |
| 21 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 implied | obl |
| 22 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 23 soul | punct |
| 23 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 term | appos |
| 24 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 23 soul | punct |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 refers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refer | present | it | another | to something | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to something=Co-Theme | |||
| 2 | approach | gerund | the kind of phantom essence | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Theme | |||||
| 3 | imply | participle | phantom essence not said here | by the English term | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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