pitch

Who acts: pitch, families, His · What happens: mean, set up, pitch, word · To what, where: Torah, tent, high degree, fairy tale, tabernacle westward, side · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

In the Torah "pitch" means to set up a tent or camp; in the fairy tale it means a high degree, as in "to the highest pitch".

The tree, 27 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	7 means	obl
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 pitch	punct
5	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 pitch	punct
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 set	mark
9	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 means	ccomp
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 set	compound:prt
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tent	det
12	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 set	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 camp	cc
14	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tent	conj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 means	punct
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 tale	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tale	det
18	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tale	compound
19	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 means	obl
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 means	nsubj
21	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 means	parataxis
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 degree	det
23	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 degree	amod
24	degree	degree	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 means	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 pitch	punct
26	as	as	SCONJ	_	32 pitch	mark
27	in	in	ADP	_	32 pitch	case
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	32 pitch	punct
29	to	to	ADP	_	32 pitch	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 pitch	det
31	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	32 pitch	amod
32	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 means	parataxis
33	"	"	PUNCT	_	32 pitch	punct
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present	pitch		the Torah	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	set up not said to happen	to-infinitive		a tent or camp		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient tent=Result
3	mean	present	pitch	a high degree	the fairy tale	tree rules

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

The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward;

From Torah NUM.3.23, JPS 1917.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 families	det
2	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pitch	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Gershonites	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Gershonites	det
5	Gershonites	Gershonite	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 families	nmod
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 pitch	aux
7	to	to	PART	_	8 pitch	mark
8	pitch	pitch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 westward	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 westward	det
11	tabernacle	tabernacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 westward	compound
12	westward	westward	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pitch	obl
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 pitch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pitch	past	the families of the Gershonites			the tabernacle westward			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent behind westward=Destination

Example 2

His words excited my curiosity to the highest pitch.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 words	nmod:poss
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 curiosity	nsubj
3	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 curiosity	amod
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 curiosity	nmod:poss
5	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 pitch	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pitch	det
8	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 pitch	amod
9	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 curiosity	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 curiosity	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	word		His = he						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The families of the sons of Kohath were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward;

From Torah NUM.3.29, JPS 1917.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 families	det
2	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pitch	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sons	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sons	det
5	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 families	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Kohath	case
7	Kohath	Kohath	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sons	nmod
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 pitch	aux
9	to	to	PART	_	10 pitch	mark
10	pitch	pitch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 side	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 side	det
13	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pitch	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 southward	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 southward	det
16	tabernacle	tabernacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 southward	compound
17	southward	southward	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 side	nmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 pitch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pitch	past	the families of the sons of Kohath			the side of the tabernacle southward			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on side=Destination

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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