suffice
Who acts: he, words, blows, This, plague, his · What happens: be, offer, mean, not suffice, follow, not pertain · To what, where: one, suffice, law, plague
«suffice» 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: suffice in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
To be enough for a purpose.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 3 enough | mark |
| 2 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 enough | cop |
| 3 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 purpose | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 purpose | det |
| 6 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 enough | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 enough | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | to-infinitive | for a purpose; enough property | 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 he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as his means suffice for;
From Torah LEV.14.30, JPS 1917.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 offer | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 offer | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 offer | aux |
| 4 | offer | offer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 offer | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 doves | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 doves | det |
| 8 | turtle | turtle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 doves | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 turtle | punct |
| 10 | doves | dove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 one | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 means | punct |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 21 means | cc |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 pigeons | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 pigeons | det |
| 15 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 pigeons | amod |
| 16 | pigeons | pigeon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 means | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 means | punct |
| 18 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ | 21 means | mark |
| 19 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 such | fixed |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 means | nmod:poss |
| 21 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 offer | parataxis |
| 22 | suffice | suffice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 means | obj |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 suffice | fixed |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 offer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | shall | he | one of the turtle doves | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | suffice | of the young pigeons | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suffice=Topic |
Example 2
If words suffice not, blows must follow.
From Three hundred Aesop’s fables / Translated by George Fyler Townsend.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 suffice | mark |
| 2 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 suffice | nsubj |
| 3 | suffice | suffice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 follow | advcl |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 suffice | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 suffice | punct |
| 6 | blows | blow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 follow | nsubj |
| 7 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 follow | aux |
| 8 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 follow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not suffice a condition, not said to happen | present | words | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | follow | must | blows | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose means suffice not for that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
From Torah LEV.14.32, JPS 1917.
The tree, 24 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 law | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 law | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 law | det |
| 4 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 law | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 whom | case |
| 8 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 plague | obl |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 plague | cop |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 plague | det |
| 11 | plague | plague | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 law | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 leprosy | case |
| 13 | leprosy | leprosy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 plague | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 means | punct |
| 15 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 16 means | nsubj |
| 16 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 plague | parataxis |
| 17 | suffice | suffice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 means | obj |
| 18 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 pertaineth | advmod |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 that | case |
| 20 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 pertaineth | obl |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 pertaineth | nsubj |
| 22 | pertaineth | pertain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 means | advcl |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 cleansing | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 cleansing | nmod:poss |
| 25 | cleansing | cleansing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 pertaineth | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 law | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | This | the law and the plague | of him = he | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a | present | This not said here | the plague | the law and the plague | of leprosy | tree rules | ||
| 3 | mean | present | the plague | suffice | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suffice=Topic | ||||
| 4 | not pertain | present | for that; to his cleansing | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to cleansing=Co-Theme | |||||
| 5 | cleanse | his = he | nom cleansing «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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