lo
Who acts: you, ye, I, he, his · What happens: look, see, be, sow, not speak, return · To what, where: seed, land, princes, he · Speech: someone speaks here
«lo» 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: lo in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
Look! See! Behold!
Sentence 1: Look!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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.
Sentence 2: See!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | See | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 See | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | imperative | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Sentence 3: Behold!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Behold | behold | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Behold | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
From Torah GEN.47.23, JPS 1917.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lo | lo | INTJ | _ | 5 seed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lo | punct |
| 3 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Lo | advmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 seed | cop |
| 5 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 seed | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sow | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 sow | cc |
| 10 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 12 sow | nsubj |
| 11 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 sow | aux |
| 12 | sow | sow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 seed | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 land | det |
| 14 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sow | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 seed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | seed | for you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sow | shall | ye | the land | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
Example 2
'Lo! did I not speak well?
From The Orange Fairy Book.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 speak | punct |
| 2 | Lo | lo | INTJ | _ | 7 speak | discourse |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Lo | punct |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 speak | aux |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 speak | nsubj |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 speak | advmod |
| 7 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 speak | advmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 speak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not speak speech: other | past · do-support | I | well property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
From Torah NUM.23.6, JPS 1917.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 returned | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 returned | nsubj |
| 3 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 returned | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 stood | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 stood | cc |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 and | punct |
| 9 | lo | lo | INTJ | _ | 12 stood | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 lo | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 stood | nsubj |
| 12 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 returned | conj |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 offering | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 offering | nmod:poss |
| 15 | burnt | burnt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 offering | amod |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 burnt | punct |
| 17 | offering | offering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stood | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 he | punct |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 stood | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 princes | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 princes | cc |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 princes | det:predet |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 princes | det |
| 24 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 returned | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Moab | case |
| 26 | Moab | Moab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 princes | nmod |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 returned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past | he | all princes of Moab | unto him = he | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | stand | past | he | he | by his burnt offering | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by offering=Location | |||
| 3 | offer | his = he | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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