needeth

Who acts: you, Esau, that, me · What happens: need, mean, form, be, have, not do · To what, where: need, something, it, me, folk, favour · Speech: someone speaks here

«needeth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: needeth in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

«needeth» means «needs», a form of «need».

The tree, 7 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 needeth	punct
2	needeth	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 needeth	punct
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 needs	punct
6	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 needs	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 form	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 form	det
10	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	parataxis
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 need	case
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 need	punct
13	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 form	nmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 need	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	need in a quote	present		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	need in a quote	present		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	form		need	nom form «communication transitive»: of=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.

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

To need something is to have to have it, because you cannot do well without it.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 need	mark
2	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 have	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 need	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 have	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 have	mark
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 have	mark
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 have	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 have	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 do	punct
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 do	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 do	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 do	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 do	advmod
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 have	conj
16	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 do	advmod
17	without	without	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 do	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	need	to-infinitive		something		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot something=Theme
2	is	present			have property	tree rules
3	have	to-infinitive		it		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	not do	can	you		without it; well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

And Esau said: 'Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me.' And he said: 'What needeth it? let me find favour in the sight of my lord.'

From Torah GEN.33.15, JPS 1917.

Sentence 1: And Esau said: 'Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me.'

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	Esau	Esau	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Let	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 Let	punct
6	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 Let	obj
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 leave	advmod
9	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Let	advcl
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 thee	case
11	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	9 leave	obl
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 thee	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 folk	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 folk	det
15	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 some	nmod
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 me	nsubj
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 me	cop
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 me	case
19	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 folk	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Let	punct
21	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Esau				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	let	infinitive		me			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
3	leave	present			now	with thee	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with thou=Theme
4	is	present	that			with me	tree rules

Sentence 2: And he said: 'What needeth it? let me find favour in the sight of my lord.'

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 needeth	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 needeth	punct
6	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 needeth	nsubj
7	needeth	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 needeth	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 let	punct
10	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 needeth	conj
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 let	obj
12	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 let	xcomp
13	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 find	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 sight	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sight	det
16	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 find	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 lord	case
18	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 lord	nmod:poss
19	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sight	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 let	punct
21	'	'	PUNCT	_	10 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Esau			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	need	present		folk		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
3	let	infinitive		me		tree rules
4	find	infinitive	me not said here	favour	the sight of my lord	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic
5	sight			my lord		nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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