mete

Who acts: they, he, man, you, one, gods · What happens: measure out, give out, mete, have over, gather, have · To what, where: it, that, lack, man, yourself, skin · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

To measure out, or to give out as a reward or punishment.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 measure	mark
2	measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 measure	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 give	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 give	cc
6	to	to	PART	_	7 give	mark
7	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 measure	conj
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 give	compound:prt
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 reward	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 reward	det
11	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 punishment	cc
13	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reward	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 measure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure out	to-infinitive							vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	give out	to-infinitive						as a reward or punishment	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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

And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

From Torah EXO.16.18, JPS 1917.

The tree, 32 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 mete	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 mete	advmod
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mete	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mete	aux
5	mete	mete	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mete	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 omer	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 omer	det
9	omer	omer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mete	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 had	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 had	nsubj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 had	obj
13	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 had	aux
14	much	much	ADV	_	15 had	advmod
15	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 mete	parataxis
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 had	obj
17	over	over	ADV	_	15 had	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 gathered	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 gathered	cc
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 gathered	nsubj
21	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 gathered	nsubj
22	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 had	conj
23	little	little	ADV	Degree=Pos	24 had	advmod
24	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 gathered	ccomp
25	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	26 lack	det
26	lack	lack	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 had	obj
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 gathered	punct
28	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 gathered	nsubj
29	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mete	conj
30	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	31 man	det
31	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 gathered	obj
32	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	35 eating	case
33	to	to	ADP	_	32 according	fixed
34	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 eating	nmod:poss
35	eating	eating	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 man	nmod
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mete	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mete	past · do-support	they	it	with a omer	tree rules
2	have over	past	he	that	over property	tree rules
3	gather	past	he			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	have	past	he not said here	no lack	little property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lack=Patient
5	gather	past	they	every man	accord man's eating	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
6	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
7	eat		man			nom eating «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

Wrap yourself in this skin, leave the palace, and walk so long as you can find ground to carry you: when one sacrifices everything to virtue the gods know how to mete out reward.

From The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault.

The tree, 34 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrap	wrap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Wrap	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 skin	case
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 skin	det
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wrap	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 leave	punct
7	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wrap	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palace	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 walk	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 walk	cc
12	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wrap	parataxis
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 long	advmod
14	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 walk	advmod
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 find	mark
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 find	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 find	aux
18	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 long	advcl
19	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 find	obj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 carry	mark
21	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 ground	acl
22	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 carry	obj
23	:	:	PUNCT	_	26 sacrifices	punct
24	when	when	SCONJ	_	26 sacrifices	mark
25	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 sacrifices	nsubj
26	sacrifices	sacrifice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wrap	parataxis
27	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	26 sacrifices	obj
28	to	to	ADP	_	29 virtue	case
29	virtue	virtue	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sacrifices	obl
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 gods	det
31	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 know	nsubj
32	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 sacrifices	parataxis
33	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	35 mete	advmod
34	to	to	PART	_	35 mete	mark
35	mete	mete	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 know	ccomp
36	out	out	ADP	_	35 mete	compound:prt
37	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 mete	obj
38	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wrap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	wrap	imperative	you not said here	yourself		this skin		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme in skin=Destination
2	leave	infinitive		the palace				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme
3	walk	infinitive					long property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	find	can	you	ground				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Topic
5	carry	to-infinitive	you not said here	you				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
6	sacrifice	present	one	everything	virtue			vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Theme to virtue=Recipient
7	know	present	the gods					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
8	mete out	to-infinitive		reward				tree rules

Example 3

In the sad and beautiful story of Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes, we have another instance of the severe punishments meted out by Apollo to those who in any way incurred his displeasure.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.

The tree, 39 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	6 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 story	det
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 story	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 beautiful	cc
5	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sad	conj
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 have	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Niobe	case
8	Niobe	Niobe	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 story	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 daughter	punct
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 story	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Tantalus	case
12	Tantalus	Tantalus	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 daughter	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wife	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wife	cc
15	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 story	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Amphion	case
17	Amphion	Amphion	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 wife	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 king	punct
19	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 story	appos
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 Thebes	case
21	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 king	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 story	punct
23	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 have	nsubj
24	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
25	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	26 instance	det
26	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 have	obj
27	of	of	ADP	_	30 punishments	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 punishments	det
29	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 punishments	amod
30	punishments	punishment	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 instance	nmod
31	meted	mete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 punishments	acl
32	out	out	ADP	_	31 meted	compound:prt
33	by	by	ADP	_	34 Apollo	case
34	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 meted	obl
35	to	to	ADP	_	36 those	case
36	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	31 meted	obl:agent
37	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 incurred	nsubj
38	in	in	ADP	_	40 way	case
39	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	40 way	det
40	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 incurred	obl
41	incurred	incur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 those	acl:relcl
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 displeasure	nmod:poss
43	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 incurred	obj
44	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	present	we	another instance of the severe punishments	the sad story of Niobe and daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instance=Patient
2	mete out	participle		the severe punishments not said here		by Apollo	tree rules
3	incur	past		Apollo's displeasure	any way		tree rules
4	instance			the severe punishments			nom instance «event transitive»: of=patient
5	displease		Apollo				nom displeasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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