lettest
Who acts: you, form, someone, Mum, me, thou · What happens: let, mean, allow, do, stay up, go · To what, where: someone, something, me, him · Speech: someone speaks here
«lettest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: lettest in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
«lettest» means «you let», a form of «let»: To allow someone to do something.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 lettest | punct |
| 2 | lettest | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | nsubj |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 lettest | punct |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 let | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 let | nsubj |
| 7 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 let | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 form | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 form | det |
| 11 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | parataxis |
| 12 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 14 let | mark |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 let | punct |
| 14 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 form | acl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 let | punct |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 allow | punct |
| 17 | To | to | PART | _ | 18 allow | mark |
| 18 | allow | allow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 means | conj |
| 19 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 18 allow | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 do | mark |
| 21 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 allow | xcomp |
| 22 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 21 do | obj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | present | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | let in a quote | present | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | let in a quote | infinitive | a form not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | allow | to-infinitive | someone | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer someone=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 6 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | someone not said here | something | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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.
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
"Mum let me stay up."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 let | punct |
| 2 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 let | nsubj |
| 3 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 let | obj |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 let | xcomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 stay | compound:prt |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 let | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | past | Mum | me | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay up in a quote | infinitive | me not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 1
And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty;
From Torah DEU.15.13, JPS 1917.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 let | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 lettest | advmod |
| 3 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 lettest | nsubj |
| 4 | lettest | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 let | advcl |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lettest | obj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lettest | xcomp |
| 7 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 go | xcomp |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 thee | case |
| 9 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 7 free | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lettest | punct |
| 11 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 14 let | nsubj |
| 12 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 14 let | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 let | advmod |
| 14 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 let | obj |
| 16 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 let | xcomp |
| 17 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 go | xcomp |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | thou | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | him = he not said here | free property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not let | shall | thou | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go | infinitive | him = he not said here | empty property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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