nephew

Who acts: he, story, dear little uncle · What happens: say, give, call, be · To what, where: hope, me, nephew, Arthur · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

A grandson, or a male descendant; in old texts also a close younger male relative.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 grandson	det
2	grandson	grandson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 descendant	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 descendant	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 descendant	det
6	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 descendant	amod
7	descendant	descendant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grandson	appos
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 texts	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 texts	case
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 texts	amod
11	texts	text	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grandson	appos
12	also	also	ADV	_	17 relative	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 relative	det
14	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 relative	amod
15	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 relative	amod
16	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 relative	amod
17	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 texts	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grandson	punct

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

Example 1

"My dear nephew," he said, "your story gives me some hope.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 nephew	punct
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 nephew	nmod:poss
3	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nephew	amod
4	nephew	nephew	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 nephew	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 nephew	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gives	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 gives	punct
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 story	nmod:poss
12	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gives	nsubj
13	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 said	conj
14	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 gives	iobj
15	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	16 hope	det
16	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gives	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	give in a quote	present	your story	some hope	me				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient hope=Theme

Example 2

"Your dear little uncle, your very sweet nephew, you call me!

From Indian Fairy Tales.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 call	punct
2	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 uncle	nmod:poss
3	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 uncle	amod
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 uncle	amod
5	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 call	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 nephew	punct
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 nephew	nmod:poss
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 sweet	advmod
9	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nephew	amod
10	nephew	nephew	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 uncle	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 call	punct
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 call	nsubj
13	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 call	obj
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call in a quote	present	Your dear little uncle your sweet nephew		me				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient

Example 3

He was nephew to Arthur, the son of his sister, and his cousin.

From Celtic Fairy Tales.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 nephew	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 nephew	cop
3	nephew	nephew	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Arthur	case
5	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 nephew	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 son	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 son	det
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Arthur	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 sister	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sister	nmod:poss
11	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 son	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cousin	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cousin	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 cousin	nmod:poss
15	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nephew	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 nephew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	nephew and Arthur's cousin	Arthur				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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