statute

Who acts: This, He, it, children · What happens: write down, fix, give, be, make, prove · To what, where: law, statute, Moses · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

A law or rule that is written down and fixed, here one given by God.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 written	nsubj:pass
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 rule	cc
4	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 law	conj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 written	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 written	aux:pass
7	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 written	compound:prt
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fixed	cc
10	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 written	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 here	punct
12	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 written	parataxis
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 here	nsubj
14	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 one	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 God	case
16	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 given	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 written	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	write down	present · passive	a law or rule		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fix	participle			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	give	participle		by God	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.

From Torah LEV.17.7, JPS 1917.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 statute	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 statute	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 statute	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 statute	det
5	statute	statute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 them	case
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 them	advmod
8	unto	unto	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 statute	nmod
10	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	12 generations	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 generations	nmod:poss
12	generations	generation	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 statute	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 statute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	shall	This	a statute			throughout their generations	for them = they	tree rules

Example 2

There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them;

From Torah EXO.15.25, JPS 1917.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 made	expl
2	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 statute	det
7	statute	statute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ordinance	cc
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ordinance	det
10	ordinance	ordinance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 statute	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 proved	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 proved	cc
13	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	15 proved	expl
14	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 proved	nsubj
15	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 proved	obj
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	He	a statute and a ordinance		there		for them = they	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent statute=Product for they=Asset
2	prove	past	He	statute		there			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Example 3

And it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.'

From Torah NUM.27.11, JPS 1917.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	7 children	cc
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 children	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 children	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 children	cop
5	unto	unto	ADP	_	7 children	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 children	det
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 commanded	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Israel	case
9	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 commanded	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 statute	det
11	statute	statute	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 commanded	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 judgment	case
13	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 statute	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 commanded	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 commanded	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 LORD	det
17	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 commanded	nsubj
18	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 commanded	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 commanded	punct
21	'	'	PUNCT	_	18 commanded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	shall	it					unto the children	tree rules
2	command	past	the children	Moses				of Israel	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent moses=Theme

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