mediæval

Who acts: Fables, modern story · What happens: not be, travel, show · To what, where: appearance, remarkable persistence

«mediæval» 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: mediæval in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

Of the Middle Ages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	4 Ages	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Ages	det
3	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Ages	flat
4	Ages	Age	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Ages	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

12 (return) [ Post-mediæval Preachers, by S.

From Three hundred Aesop’s fables / Translated by George Fyler Townsend.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 Preachers	nummod
2	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 return	punct
3	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Preachers	nsubj
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 return	punct
5	[	[	PUNCT	_	7 Preachers	punct
6	Post-mediæval	post-mediæval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Preachers	amod
7	Preachers	preacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 S.	punct
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 S.	case
10	S.	S.	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Preachers	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 2

11 (return) [ Fables may possibly have been not entirely unknown to the mediæval scholars.

From Three hundred Aesop’s fables / Translated by George Fyler Townsend.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
2	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 return	punct
3	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 11	appos
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 return	punct
5	[	[	PUNCT	_	13 unknown	punct
6	Fables	fable	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 unknown	nsubj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 unknown	aux
8	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	13 unknown	advmod
9	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 unknown	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 unknown	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 unknown	advmod
12	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	13 unknown	advmod
13	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 return	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 scholars	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 scholars	det
16	mediæval	mediæval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 scholars	amod
17	scholars	scholar	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 unknown	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 11	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	may · perfect	Fables					to the mediæval scholars; entirely, possibly, unknown property	tree rules

Example 3

Remarks.--Apart from the interest of its wide travels, and its appearance in the standard mediæval History of England by Matthew Paris, the modern story shows the remarkable persistence of folk-tales in the popular mind.

From Indian Fairy Tales.

The tree, 36 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Remarks	punct
3	--	--	PUNCT	_	7 interest	punct
4	Apart	apart	ADV	_	7 interest	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 interest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 interest	det
7	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remarks	conj
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 travels	mark
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 travels	nmod:poss
10	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 travels	amod
11	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 interest	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 appearance	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 appearance	cc
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 appearance	nmod:poss
15	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 travels	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	20 History	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 History	det
18	standard	standard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 History	amod
19	mediæval	mediæval	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 History	compound
20	History	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 appearance	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 England	case
22	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 History	nmod
23	by	by	ADP	_	24 Matthew	case
24	Matthew	Matthew	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 appearance	nmod
25	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Matthew	flat
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 shows	punct
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 story	det
28	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 story	amod
29	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 shows	nsubj
30	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 Matthew	acl:relcl
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 persistence	det
32	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 persistence	amod
33	persistence	persistence	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 shows	obj
34	of	of	ADP	_	37 tales	case
35	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 tales	compound
36	-	-	PUNCT	_	35 folk	punct
37	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 persistence	nmod
38	in	in	ADP	_	41 mind	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 mind	det
40	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 mind	amod
41	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 tales	nmod
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Remarks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	present		interest's appearance in the standard mediæval History of England by Matthew					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	show	present	the modern story	the remarkable persistence of folk tales in the popular mind					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent persistence=Recipient

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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