spoil

Who acts: people, they, Ass, cattle · What happens: take, defeat, ask, divide, spoil · To what, where: Goods, people, spoil, Ass, cities

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

Meaning 1

Goods taken from people or towns that were defeated, such as loot after a battle.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 taken	nsubj:pass
2	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 people	case
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 taken	obl:agent
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 towns	cc
6	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 people	conj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 defeated	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 defeated	aux:pass
9	defeated	defeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 people	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 loot	punct
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 loot	case
12	as	as	ADP	_	11 such	fixed
13	loot	loot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 defeated	obl
14	after	after	ADP	_	16 battle	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 battle	det
16	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 loot	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 taken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle · passive	people or towns	Goods					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	defeat	past · passive		people or towns				such loot after a battle	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.

Example 1

And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.

From Torah NUM.31.11, JPS 1917.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 took	cc
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 spoil	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spoil	det
6	spoil	spoil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 prey	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 prey	cc
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 prey	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prey	det
11	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 both	punct
13	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	11 prey	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 man	case
15	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 both	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 beast	cc
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 beast	case
18	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 man	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	they	all spoil				all prey both obl	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoil=Theme

Example 2

The Ass was asked to divide the spoil.

From The Aesop for Children / With pictures by Milo Winter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Ass	det
2	Ass	Ass	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 asked	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	aux:pass
4	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 divide	mark
6	divide	divide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 asked	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spoil	det
8	spoil	spoil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 divide	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · passive		the Ass					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	divide not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Ass not said here	the spoil					vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoil=Theme

Example 3

But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves.

From Torah DEU.3.7, JPS 1917.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	14 took	cc
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 cattle	det:predet
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cattle	det
4	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 took	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 spoil	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 spoil	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spoil	det
8	spoil	spoil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cattle	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 cities	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cities	det
11	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spoil	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cattle	punct
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 took	nsubj
14	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 prey	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 prey	det
17	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 took	obl
18	unto	unto	ADP	_	19 ourselves	case
19	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 took	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	all cattle					for a prey; unto ourselves	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for prey=Beneficiary
2	spoil			the cities					nom spoil «possession transitive»: of=patient

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