slew
Who acts: you, they, LORD, Warriors, Judah · What happens: kill, put, war, command, slay, rush · To what, where: past, Moses, male, camp eater, Judah, sight · Speech: someone speaks here
«slew» 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: slew in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
Killed, put to death, in the past.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 put | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Killed | punct |
| 3 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 death | case |
| 5 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 past | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 past | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 past | det |
| 9 | past | past | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | participle | you not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | put | imperative | you not said here | the past | to death | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in past=Destination |
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 they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male.
From Torah NUM.31.7, JPS 1917.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 warred | cc |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 warred | nsubj |
| 3 | warred | war | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | against | against | ADP | _ | 5 Midian | case |
| 5 | Midian | Midian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 warred | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 commanded | punct |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 commanded | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 LORD | det |
| 9 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 commanded | nsubj |
| 10 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 warred | conj |
| 11 | Moses | Moses | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 commanded | obj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 slew | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 slew | cc |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 slew | nsubj |
| 15 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 warred | conj |
| 16 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 male | det |
| 17 | male | male | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 slew | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 warred | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | war | past | they | against Midian | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | command | past | the LORD | Moses | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent moses=Theme | ||||
| 3 | slay | past | they | every male | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent male=Patient |
Example 2
Warriors with long knives rushed forth and slew the camp-eater.
From Old Indian Legends.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rushed | nsubj |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 knives | case |
| 3 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 knives | amod |
| 4 | knives | knife | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Warriors | nmod |
| 5 | rushed | rush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 5 rushed | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 slew | cc |
| 8 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 rushed | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 eater | det |
| 10 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 eater | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 camp | punct |
| 12 | eater | eater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 slew | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 rushed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rush | past | Warriors with long knives | forth property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | slay | past | Warriors with long knives not said here | the camp eater | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eater=Patient |
Example 3
And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
From Torah GEN.38.7, JPS 1917.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 wicked | cc |
| 2 | Er | er | INTJ | _ | 11 wicked | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Er | punct |
| 4 | Judah | Judah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 wicked | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Judah | case |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 born | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 first | punct |
| 8 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 Judah | acl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Judah | punct |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 wicked | cop |
| 11 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 sight | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sight | det |
| 14 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wicked | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 LORD | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 LORD | det |
| 17 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 sight | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 slew | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 slew | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 LORD | det |
| 21 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 slew | nsubj |
| 22 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 wicked | conj |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 slew | obj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 wicked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | participle | Judah not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | past | Judah | the sight of the LORD | wicked property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | slay | past | the LORD | Judah | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 4 | sight | the LORD | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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