smote
Who acts: you, LORD, people, calf, Beetle, land · What happens: hit, strike down, smite, make, smote, be · To what, where: past, people, calf, land, cattle
«smote» 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: smote in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
Hit hard or struck down, in the past.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Hit | advmod |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 struck | cc |
| 4 | struck | strike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Hit | conj |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 struck | compound:prt |
| 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 | 1 Hit | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Hit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | imperative | you not said here | the past | hard property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | strike down | participle | you not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «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
And the LORD smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
From Torah EXO.32.35, JPS 1917.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 smote | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 LORD | det |
| 3 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 smote | nsubj |
| 4 | smote | smite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 people | det |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 smote | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 made | punct |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 made | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 made | nsubj |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 smote | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 calf | det |
| 12 | calf | calf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 made | punct |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 made | nsubj |
| 15 | Aaron | Aaron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 made | nsubj |
| 16 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 calf | acl:relcl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 smote | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smite | past | the LORD | the people | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | make | past | people | the calf | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset calf=Product | ||||
| 3 | make | past | the calf | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Example 2
The Beetle smote upon the drum.
From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Beetle | det |
| 2 | Beetle | Beetle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 smote | nsubj |
| 3 | smote | smite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 6 drum | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 drum | det |
| 6 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 smote | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 smote | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smite | past | the Beetle | upon the drum | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Example 3
the land which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.'
From Torah NUM.32.4, JPS 1917.
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 land | det |
| 2 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 land | nsubj |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 smote | nsubj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 smote | det |
| 5 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 smote | compound |
| 6 | smote | smote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 land | acl:relcl |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 congregation | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 congregation | det |
| 9 | congregation | congregation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 smote | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Israel | case |
| 11 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 congregation | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 land | punct |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 land | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 land | det |
| 15 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 cattle | case |
| 17 | cattle | cattle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 land | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 have | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 have | cc |
| 20 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 21 servants | nmod:poss |
| 21 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 have | nsubj |
| 22 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 land | parataxis |
| 23 | cattle | cattle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 have | obj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 land | punct |
| 25 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 land | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smote | the land | before the congregation of Israel | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the land | a land | for cattle | tree rules | |||
| 3 | have | present | thy servants | cattle | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cattle=Patient |
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