nun
Who acts: Nun, Moses, p., Dalet · What happens: be, mean, call, die, lame, serve · To what, where: name, Torah, Hoshea, German translation, Kuh, seine Mutter war · Speech: someone speaks here
«nun» 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: nun in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
In the Torah "Nun" is a name, the father of Joshua; in the German text "nun" means "now".
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 Torah | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Torah | det |
| 3 | Torah | Torah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 name | obl |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Nun | punct |
| 5 | Nun | nun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 name | nsubj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Nun | punct |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 name | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 name | det |
| 9 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 father | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 father | det |
| 12 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 name | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Joshua | case |
| 14 | Joshua | Joshua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 father | nmod |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 means | punct |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 text | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 text | det |
| 18 | German | German | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 text | amod |
| 19 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 means | obl |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 nun | punct |
| 21 | nun | nun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 text | conj |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 text | punct |
| 23 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 name | parataxis |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 now | punct |
| 25 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 23 means | obj |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 now | punct |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 name | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nun | a name and the father of Joshua | the Torah | tree rules | |||
| 2 | mean | present | in the German text and nun | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot now=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
And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
From Torah NUM.13.16, JPS 1917.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 called | cc |
| 2 | Moses | Moses | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 called | nsubj |
| 3 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Hoshea | Hoshea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 called | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 son | det |
| 6 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 called | xcomp |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Joshua | case |
| 8 | Nun | Nun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Joshua | compound |
| 9 | Joshua | Joshua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 son | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | Moses | Hoshea | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hoshea=Recipient |
Example 2
In the German translation (p. 188) Wie dies nun die Kuh sah, die einst seine Mutter gewesen war.
From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 translation | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 translation | det |
| 3 | German | German | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 translation | amod |
| 4 | translation | translation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 dies | obl |
| 5 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 p. | punct |
| 6 | p. | P. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 dies | nsubj |
| 7 | 188 | 188 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 p. | flat |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 p. | punct |
| 9 | Wie | Wie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 p. | flat |
| 10 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | nun | nun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 die | compound |
| 12 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 dies | xcomp |
| 13 | Kuh | Kuh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 die | obj |
| 14 | sah | sah | INTJ | _ | 12 die | discourse |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 die | punct |
| 16 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 die | conj |
| 17 | einst | ein | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 18 seine | amod |
| 18 | seine | seine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 war | compound |
| 19 | Mutter | Mutter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 war | compound |
| 20 | gewesen | gewesen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Mutter | flat |
| 21 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 die | obj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 dies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present | p. | the German translation | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | die | infinitive | p. not said here | Kuh | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | die | infinitive | p. not said here | seine Mutter war | tree rules |
Example 3
Dalet-Tet-Lamed-Nun-Taw, with the tip of the tongue, serving with voice.
From Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dalet | dalet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 Tet | punct |
| 3 | Tet | Tet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Dalet | appos |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 Tet | punct |
| 5 | Lamed | lame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Dalet | acl |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Nun | punct |
| 7 | Nun | nun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Lamed | obj |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 Taw | punct |
| 9 | Taw | Taw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Nun | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 tip | punct |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 tip | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 tip | det |
| 13 | tip | tip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dalet | appos |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 tongue | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 tongue | det |
| 16 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 tip | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 serving | punct |
| 18 | serving | serve | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Dalet | conj |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 voice | case |
| 20 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 serving | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dalet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lame | participle | Dalet not said here | Nun | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | serve | gerund | with voice | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with voice=Theme |
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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