nought

Who acts: it, you, ye, your, She, nothing · What happens: mean, go, get, straw, find, diminish · To what, where: part, yourselves, it, nought, soul, manna

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

Meaning 1

Nothing; in the texts it means no part, or nothing at all.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 texts	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 texts	det
5	texts	text	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 means	obl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	parataxis
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 part	det
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 nothing	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 nothing	cc
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 part	appos
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 nothing	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	no part				in the texts	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot part=Theme in text=Attribute

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

Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.'

From Torah EXO.5.11, JPS 1917.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	yourselves	yourselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Go	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	parataxis
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 straw	nsubj
6	straw	straw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 get	ccomp
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 find	advmod
8	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	10 find	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 find	aux
10	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 straw	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 find	obj
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 nought	punct
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 nought	case
14	nought	nought	PRON	PronType=Neg	20 diminished	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 work	case
16	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 work	nmod:poss
17	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 nought	nmod
18	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 diminished	aux
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 diminished	aux:pass
20	diminished	diminish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 get	advcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Go	punct
22	'	'	PUNCT	_	1 Go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here	yourselves		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location yourselves=Theme
2	get	infinitive				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	straw	present	you			tree rules
4	find	can	ye	it		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
5	diminish	shall · passive			for nought	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
6	work		your			nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

She saw nought the first day.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nought	nought	PRON	PronType=Neg	2 saw	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 day	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 day	amod
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl:unmarked
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	She	nought			day		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nought=Stimulus

Example 3

but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.' —

From Torah NUM.11.6, JPS 1917.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 dried	cc
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 dried	advmod
3	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 soul	nmod:poss
4	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dried	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dried	aux:pass
6	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 dried	advmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 is	punct
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 is	expl
10	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dried	advcl
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 is	nsubj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 nothing	nmod
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 have	punct
15	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 have	nsubj
16	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dried	conj
17	nought	nought	PRON	PronType=Neg	16 have	obj
18	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 have	xcomp
19	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 manna	det
20	manna	manna	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 save	obj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 look	mark
22	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 manna	acl
23	to	to	ADP	_	22 look	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dried	punct
25	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 dried	punct
26	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 dried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry away	present · passive		our soul		now	away property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	be	present	nothing		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	have	present	we	nought				tree rules
4	save	infinitive	nought not said here	this manna				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manna=Theme
5	look	to-infinitive	nought not said here	this manna not said here				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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