sing

Who acts: praise, Miriam, horse · What happens: make, sing, spring up, exalt, have, throw · To what, where: music, Torah, song, Israel, ye, LORD

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

Meaning 1

To make music with your voice; in the Torah, to sing a song of praise to someone.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 sing	advcl
3	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 voice	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 voice	nmod:poss
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 Torah	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 Torah	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Torah	det
10	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sing	punct
12	to	to	PART	_	13 sing	mark
13	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 song	det
15	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sing	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 praise	case
17	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 song	nmod
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 someone	case
19	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 praise	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 sing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		music	the Torah	with your voice	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset music=Product
2	sing speech: express	to-infinitive		a song of praise to someone			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
3	sing		praise to someone				nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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

Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well — sing ye unto it —

From Torah NUM.21.17, JPS 1917.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 sang	advmod
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 song	det
5	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 Spring	punct
7	Spring	spring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 sang	parataxis
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 Spring	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 O	punct
10	O	O	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Spring	vocative
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 Spring	advmod
12	—	-	PUNCT	_	13 sing	punct
13	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 Spring	conj
14	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	13 sing	obj
15	unto	unto	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sing	obl
17	—	-	PUNCT	_	2 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	this song	Israel	then		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent israel=Beneficiary song=Theme
2	spring up	infinitive				O vocative; well property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sing speech: express	infinitive	ye			unto song	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ye=Theme

Example 2

What song could the Ranunculus sing?

From Andersen's Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 could	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sing	det
5	Ranunculus	Ranunculus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sing	compound
6	sing	sing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 3

And Miriam sang unto them: Sing ye to the LORD, for He is highly exalted: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.

From Torah EXO.15.21, JPS 1917.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 sang	cc
2	Miriam	Miriam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sang	nsubj
3	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	unto	unto	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sang	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 Sing	punct
7	Sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sang	conj
8	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 Sing	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 LORD	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 LORD	det
11	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Sing	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 exalted	punct
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	17 exalted	mark
14	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 exalted	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 exalted	aux:pass
16	highly	highly	ADV	_	17 exalted	advmod
17	exalted	exalt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 Sing	conj
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	24 hath	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 horse	det
20	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 hath	nsubj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 rider	cc
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 rider	nmod:poss
23	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 horse	conj
24	hath	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sang	conj
25	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 thrown	nsubj
26	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 hath	xcomp
27	into	into	ADP	_	29 sea	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 sea	det
29	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 thrown	obl
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	Miriam			unto them = they	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	sing speech: express	infinitive	Miriam not said here	ye	the LORD		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ye=Topic to lord=Recipient
3	exalt	present · passive		Miriam		highly property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
4	have	present	the horse and Miriam's rider				tree rules
5	throw	participle	Miriam			into the sea result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer into sea=Result

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