sawest
Who acts: you, form, I, Abimelech · What happens: see, mean, be, say, do · To what, where: form, bird, thou, that · Speech: someone speaks here
«sawest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: sawest in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
«sawest» means «you saw», a form of «see»: To see is to notice something with your eyes.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 sawest | punct |
| 2 | sawest | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | nsubj |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 sawest | punct |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 saw | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 saw | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 form | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 form | det |
| 11 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saw | obl |
| 12 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 14 see | mark |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 see | punct |
| 14 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 form | acl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 saw | punct |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 see | punct |
| 17 | To | to | PART | _ | 18 see | mark |
| 18 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | parataxis |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 notice | cop |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 notice | mark |
| 21 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 see | ccomp |
| 22 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 21 notice | obj |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 eyes | case |
| 24 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 25 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 something | nmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | past | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | see in a quote | past | you | a form | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | see in a quote | infinitive | a form not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | see | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 6 | is | present | notice property | 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.
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
I see a bird.
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 | 2 see | nsubj |
| 2 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bird | det |
| 4 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 see | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | I | a bird | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus |
Example 1
And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?'
From Torah GEN.20.10, JPS 1917.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 said | cc |
| 2 | Abimelech | Abimelech | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 5 Abraham | case |
| 5 | Abraham | Abraham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | obl |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 sawest | punct |
| 7 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 sawest | punct |
| 8 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 sawest | nsubj |
| 9 | sawest | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | conj |
| 10 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 9 sawest | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 done | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 done | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 15 done | nsubj |
| 14 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 done | aux |
| 15 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 sawest | advcl |
| 16 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 thing | det |
| 17 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 done | obj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 19 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Abimelech | unto Abraham | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | see | past | thou | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | do | present · perfect · passive | that | tree rules |
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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