turtle
Who acts: he, you, his · What happens: offer, mean, fly, be, bring · To what, where: one, suffice, sky, burnt offering, offering, turtle doves
«turtle» 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: turtle in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
A small wild dove, not a reptile.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dove | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dove | amod |
| 3 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dove | amod |
| 4 | dove | dove | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 reptile | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 reptile | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 reptile | det |
| 8 | reptile | reptile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dove | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 dove | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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
"Hither, thither, through the sky, turtle-doves and linnets, fly!
From Grimm's Fairy Stories.
The tree, 10 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 fly | punct |
| 2 | Hither | hither | ADV | _ | 4 thither | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thither | punct |
| 4 | thither | thither | ADV | _ | 16 fly | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thither | punct |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 sky | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sky | det |
| 8 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 fly | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 doves | punct |
| 10 | turtle | turtle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 doves | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 turtle | punct |
| 12 | doves | dove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sky | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 linnets | cc |
| 14 | linnets | linnet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 doves | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sky | punct |
| 16 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 16 fly | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly in a quote | imperative | you not said here | the sky and turtle doves and linnets | thither property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through sky=Location |
Example 3
And if his offering to the LORD be a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons.
From Torah LEV.1.14, JPS 1917.
The tree, 26 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 offering | cc |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 offering | mark |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 offering | nmod:poss |
| 4 | offering | offering | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 LORD | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 LORD | det |
| 7 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 offering | obl |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 offering | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 offering | det |
| 10 | burnt | burnt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 offering | amod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 burnt | punct |
| 12 | offering | offering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offering | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 fowls | case |
| 14 | fowls | fowl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 offering | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 bring | punct |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 bring | advmod |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 bring | nsubj |
| 18 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 bring | aux |
| 19 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 offering | conj |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 offering | nmod:poss |
| 21 | offering | offering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 bring | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 doves | case |
| 23 | turtle | turtle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 doves | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 turtle | punct |
| 25 | doves | dove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 offering | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 pigeons | punct |
| 27 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 30 pigeons | cc |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 pigeons | case |
| 29 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 pigeons | amod |
| 30 | pigeons | pigeon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 offering | conj |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 offering | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | infinitive | a burnt offering | to the LORD; of fowls | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bring | shall | he | his offering of turtle doves or young pigeons | then | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | |||
| 3 | offer | his = he | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | offer | his = he | turtle doves | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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