seed
Who acts: people, ye, He, his · What happens: come, be, sow, return, kiss, call · To what, where: seed, land, him, bosom, covenant · Speech: someone speaks here
«seed» 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: seed in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
The children and later family of a person, the people who come after them.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 children | det |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 family | cc |
| 4 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 family | advmod |
| 5 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 children | conj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 person | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 person | det |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 family | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 people | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 people | det |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 children | conj |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 come | nsubj |
| 13 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 people | acl:relcl |
| 14 | after | after | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 come | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 children | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | the people | after people | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
From Torah GEN.47.23, JPS 1917.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lo | lo | INTJ | _ | 5 seed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lo | punct |
| 3 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Lo | advmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 seed | cop |
| 5 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 seed | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sow | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 sow | cc |
| 10 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 12 sow | nsubj |
| 11 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 sow | aux |
| 12 | sow | sow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 seed | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 land | det |
| 14 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sow | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 seed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | seed | for you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sow | shall | ye | the land | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
Example 2
You oughter seed dat toof, boss.
From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 oughter | nsubj |
| 2 | oughter | ought | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 3 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 toof | compound |
| 4 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 toof | compound |
| 5 | toof | toof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 oughter | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 boss | punct |
| 7 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 toof | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 oughter | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 3
He returned him to his bosom and kissed him upon the head, and called him, “My beloved,” and cut a covenant for him and his seed.
From Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation.
The tree, 26 words
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 returned | nsubj |
| 2 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 returned | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 bosom | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bosom | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bosom | bosom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 returned | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 kissed | cc |
| 8 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 returned | conj |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 kissed | obj |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 12 head | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 head | det |
| 12 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kissed | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 called | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 called | cc |
| 15 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 returned | conj |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 called | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 beloved | punct |
| 18 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 beloved | punct |
| 19 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 beloved | nmod:poss |
| 20 | beloved | beloved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 called | parataxis |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 beloved | punct |
| 22 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 beloved | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 cut | cc |
| 24 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 returned | conj |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 covenant | det |
| 26 | covenant | covenant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 cut | obj |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 him | case |
| 28 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 covenant | nmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 seed | cc |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 seed | nmod:poss |
| 31 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 him | conj |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 returned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past | He | him = he | his bosom | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bosom=Destination | |||
| 2 | kiss | past | He not said here | him = he | upon the head | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | |||
| 3 | call speech: assert | past | He not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | cut | past | He not said here | a covenant | for him = he | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent covenant=Product for he=Beneficiary | |||
| 5 | bosom | his = he | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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