pestilence

Who acts: deadly disease, I, We, sultry air · What happens: spread, smite, destroy, make, fly, warm · To what, where: them, nation, countries, sultry air, mankind, hand

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

Meaning 1

A deadly disease that spreads quickly among many people, such as the plague.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 disease	det
2	deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 disease	amod
3	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 spreads	nsubj
5	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 disease	acl:relcl
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 spreads	advmod
7	among	among	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spreads	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 plague	punct
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	14 plague	case
12	as	as	ADP	_	11 such	fixed
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 plague	det
14	plague	plague	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 people	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disease	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present	a deadly disease					among many people such the plague; quickly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among people=Location

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

I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.'

From Torah NUM.14.12, JPS 1917.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 smite	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 smite	aux
3	smite	smite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 smite	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 pestilence	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pestilence	det
7	pestilence	pestilence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smite	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 destroy	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 destroy	cc
10	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 smite	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 destroy	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 make	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 make	cc
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 make	aux
15	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 smite	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 thee	case
17	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	15 make	obl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 nation	det
19	nation	nation	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 make	xcomp
20	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 make	xcomp
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 mightier	cc
22	mightier	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	20 greater	conj
23	than	than	ADP	_	24 they	case
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 greater	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 smite	punct
26	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 smite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	smite	future	I	them = they	with the pestilence	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with pestilence=Instrument
2	destroy	infinitive	I not said here	them = they		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	make	future	I not said here	a nation	of thee; great property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Example 2

We fly to warm countries, and cool the sultry air that destroys mankind with the pestilence.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 fly	nsubj
2	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 warm	mark
4	warm	warm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fly	advcl
5	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 warm	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cool	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cool	cc
8	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fly	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 air	det
10	sultry	sultry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 air	amod
11	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cool	obj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 destroys	nsubj
13	destroys	destroy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 air	acl:relcl
14	mankind	mankind	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 destroys	obj
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 pestilence	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pestilence	det
17	pestilence	pestilence	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 destroys	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fly	present	We			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	warm	to-infinitive	We not said here	countries		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent country=Patient
3	cool	infinitive	We not said here	the sultry air		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent air=Patient
4	destroy	present	the sultry air	mankind	with the pestilence	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent mankind=Patient with pestilence=Instrument

Example 3

Surely now I had put forth My hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth.

From Torah EXO.9.15, JPS 1917.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Surely	surely	ADV	_	2 now	advmod
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 put	advmod
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 put	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 put	aux
5	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	forth	forth	ADV	_	5 put	advmod
7	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hand	nmod:poss
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 smitten	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 smitten	cc
11	smitten	smite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 put	conj
12	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	11 smitten	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 people	cc
14	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	15 people	nmod:poss
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 thee	conj
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 pestilence	case
17	pestilence	pestilence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 people	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 cut	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 cut	cc
20	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	23 cut	nsubj:pass
21	hadst	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 cut	aux
22	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	23 cut	aux:pass
23	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 put	conj
24	off	off	ADP	_	23 cut	compound:prt
25	from	from	ADP	_	27 earth	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 earth	det
27	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 cut	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past · perfect	I	My hand		now	forth property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal
2	smite	participle	I not said here	thee				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer
3	cut off	past · perfect · passive		thou	the earth			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from earth=Initial_Location

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