meat
Who acts: Joseph, men, she, you · What happens: see, say, bring, kill, prepare, dine · To what, where: Benjamin, men, house, beasts, meat · Speech: someone speaks here
«meat» 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: meat in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
Food of any kind.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 kind | case |
| 3 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 kind | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Food | nmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Food | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: 'Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.'
From Torah GEN.43.16, JPS 1917.
The tree, 38 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 said | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 saw | advmod |
| 3 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | advcl |
| 5 | Benjamin | Benjamin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 steward | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 steward | det |
| 13 | steward | steward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 house | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 house | nmod:poss |
| 16 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 steward | nmod |
| 17 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 Bring | punct |
| 18 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 Bring | punct |
| 19 | Bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 men | det |
| 21 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 Bring | obj |
| 22 | into | into | ADP | _ | 24 house | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 house | det |
| 24 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Bring | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 kill | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 kill | cc |
| 27 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 Bring | conj |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 beasts | det |
| 29 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 kill | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 prepare | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 prepare | cc |
| 32 | prepare | prepare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 Bring | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 meat | det |
| 34 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 prepare | obj |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 dine | punct |
| 36 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 40 dine | mark |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 men | det |
| 38 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 dine | nsubj |
| 39 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 dine | aux |
| 40 | dine | dine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 Bring | parataxis |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 me | case |
| 42 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 dine | obl |
| 43 | at | at | ADP | _ | 44 noon | case |
| 44 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 dine | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 Bring | punct |
| 46 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 Bring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Joseph | Benjamin | with them = they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer benjamin=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Joseph | to the steward of Joseph's house | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to steward=Experiencer clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | bring | infinitive | the men | the house | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme into house=Destination | ||||
| 4 | kill | infinitive | the beasts | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Theme | |||||
| 5 | prepare | infinitive | the meat | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient | |||||
| 6 | dine | shall | the men | noon | with me | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
"Some wine and meat," she replied.
From Grimm's Fairy Stories.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 wine | punct |
| 2 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 wine | det |
| 3 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 replied | ccomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 meat | cc |
| 5 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wine | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 wine | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 replied | punct |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 replied | nsubj |
| 9 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 replied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | past | she | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
"What are you waiting for, dog's-meat?"
From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 waiting | punct |
| 2 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 waiting | obj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 waiting | aux |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 waiting | nsubj |
| 5 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 meat | case |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 meat | punct |
| 8 | dog's | dog's | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 meat | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 dog's | punct |
| 10 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 waiting | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 waiting | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 waiting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait in a quote | present · progressive | you | for dog's meat | tree rules |
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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