naught

Who acts: naught, next court, young man, father · What happens: say, pay, do, wonder, be, forsake · To what, where: wife, reverence, naught, aught · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Not any thing; nothing at all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 thing	advmod
2	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 thing	det
3	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 nothing	punct
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 thing	appos
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 nothing	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thing	punct

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

Example 1

"Hasn't thou naught for supper, dame?" said he to his wife.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 naught	punct
2	Has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 naught	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 naught	advmod
4	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 naught	nsubj
5	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	12 said	nsubj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 supper	case
7	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 naught	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dame	punct
9	dame	dame	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 naught	appos
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 dame	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 dame	punct
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 said	nsubj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 wife	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 wife	nmod:poss
16	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	naught		his wife				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient

Example 2

The next court you shall pay reverence to, but do naught nor say aught.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 court	det
2	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 court	amod
3	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pay	nsubj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 pay	nsubj
5	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 pay	aux
6	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	reverence	reverence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pay	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	7 reverence	fixed
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 do	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 do	cc
11	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 pay	parataxis
12	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	11 do	obj
13	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	14 say	cc
14	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 do	conj
15	aught	aught	PRON	PronType=Ind	14 say	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pay	shall	the next court	reverence	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reverence=Asset
2	do	infinitive		naught	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naught=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert	present		aught	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent aught=Topic

Example 3

“Alas!” said the young man, “her father is a wandering good-for-naught, who has forsaken wife and child, and gone off—who knows where?

From The Crimson Fairy Book.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
2	Alas	alas	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Alas	punct
4	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 Alas	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 naught	punct
10	“	"	PUNCT	_	20 naught	punct
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 father	nmod:poss
12	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 naught	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 naught	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 naught	det
15	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 naught	nsubj
16	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 naught	amod
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 naught	punct
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 naught	case
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 for	punct
20	naught	naught	PRON	PronType=Neg	5 said	ccomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 forsaken	punct
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 forsaken	nsubj
23	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 forsaken	aux
24	forsaken	forsake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 naught	acl
25	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 forsaken	obj
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 child	cc
27	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 wife	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 gone	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 gone	cc
30	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 said	conj
31	off	off	ADP	_	30 gone	compound:prt
32	—	-	PUNCT	_	34 knows	punct
33	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 knows	nsubj
34	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
35	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	34 knows	advmod
36	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	past	the young man			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	wonder speech: ask in a quote	gerund				vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is in a quote	present	her father		for naught	tree rules
4	forsake in a quote	present · perfect		wife and child		tree rules
5	go off in a quote	participle	the young man not said here			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
6	know in a quote	present				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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