saith

Who acts: He, speaker, someone, thou, Israel, son · What happens: say, declare, tell, be, bear, hear · To what, where: you, LORD, son, My, Nag, midst · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

He says or declares; the speaker is telling you what someone says.

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	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 declares	cc
4	declares	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 telling	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 speaker	det
7	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 telling	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 telling	aux
9	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 says	parataxis
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 telling	iobj
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 says	obj
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 telling	ccomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	declare speech: other	present	He not said here		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	present · progressive	the speaker	you	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
4	say speech: assert	present	someone		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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 thou shalt say unto Pharaoh: Thus saith the LORD: Israel is My son, My first-born.

From Torah EXO.4.22, JPS 1917.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 say	cc
2	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	4 say	nsubj
3	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	unto	unto	ADP	_	6 Pharaoh	case
6	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 saith	punct
8	Thus	thus	ADV	_	9 saith	advmod
9	saith	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 LORD	det
11	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 saith	obj
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 son	punct
13	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 son	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 son	cop
15	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 son	nmod:poss
16	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saith	parataxis
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 born	punct
18	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 born	nsubj:pass
19	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	21 born	amod
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 first	punct
21	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 son	acl:relcl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	shall	thou		unto Pharaoh	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present		the LORD	thus property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lord=Topic
3	is a	present	Israel	My son		tree rules
4	bear	participle · passive	My son not said here	My		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 2

Hear what little Red-Eye saith: “Nag, come up and dance with death!”

From The Jungle Book.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 saith	obj
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Red	amod
4	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 saith	nsubj
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Eye	punct
6	Eye	Eye	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Red	conj
7	saith	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hear	advcl
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 Nag	punct
9	“	"	PUNCT	_	10 Nag	punct
10	Nag	nag	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saith	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 come	punct
12	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hear	parataxis
13	up	up	ADV	_	12 come	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 dance	cc
15	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 come	conj
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 death	case
17	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dance	obl
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Hear	punct
19	”	"	PUNCT	_	1 Hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	imperative	you not said here			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	little Red and Eye	Nag		vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme nag=Manner
3	come up in a quote	infinitive				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	dance in a quote	infinitive			with death	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

And Moses said: 'Thus saith the LORD: About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt;

From Torah EXO.11.4, JPS 1917.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 saith	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 saith	punct
6	Thus	thus	ADV	_	7 saith	advmod
7	saith	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 LORD	det
9	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 saith	obj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 go	punct
11	About	about	ADP	_	12 midnight	case
12	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 go	obl
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 go	aux
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 go	nsubj
15	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 saith	conj
16	out	out	ADV	_	15 go	advmod
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 midst	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 midst	det
19	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 go	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 Egypt	case
21	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 midst	nmod
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Moses					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present		the LORD			thus property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lord=Topic
3	go out	future	I		the midst of Egypt	midnight	out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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