sate

Who acts: she, I, Somebody · What happens: sit down, seat, sate, suppose, weep, sit · To what, where: past, chair, bottom · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

To have sat down or been seated, in the past.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 sat	mark
2	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 sat	aux
3	sat	sit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 sat	compound:prt
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 seated	cc
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 seated	aux:pass
7	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sat	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 past	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 past	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 past	det
11	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seated	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit down	to-infinitive · perfect							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	seat	participle · passive				the past			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: in past=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

So down she sate; I suppose she wept.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	2 down	advmod
2	down	down	ADV	_	4 sate	advmod
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sate	nsubj
4	sate	sate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 suppose	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 suppose	nsubj
7	suppose	suppose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sate	ccomp
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wept	nsubj
9	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 suppose	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	sate	infinitive	she	down property	tree rules
2	suppose	present	I		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	weep	past	she		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

‘Somebody has been sitting in my chair, and has sate the bottom of it out!’

From The Green Fairy Book.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct
2	Somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 sitting	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sitting	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 sitting	aux
5	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 chair	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 chair	nmod:poss
8	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sate	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sate	cc
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 sate	aux
12	sate	sate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sitting	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bottom	det
14	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sate	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 bottom	nmod
17	out	out	ADP	_	12 sate	compound:prt
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct
19	’	'	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present · perfect · progressive	Somebody			my chair			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location
2	sate out	present	Somebody not said here	the bottom of bottom					vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Instrument bottom=Theme

Example 3

“Somebody has been sitting in my chair and has sate the bottom out of it!”

From English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct
2	Somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 sitting	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sitting	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 sitting	aux
5	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 chair	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 chair	nmod:poss
8	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sate	cc
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sate	aux
11	sate	sate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sitting	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bottom	det
13	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sate	obj
14	out	out	ADP	_	16 it	case
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sate	obl
17	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct
18	”	"	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit in a quote	present · perfect · progressive	Somebody			my chair			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location
2	sate in a quote	present	Somebody not said here	the bottom		bottom			vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Instrument bottom=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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