want

Who acts: one, Joseph, we, you, Petrusha · What happens: lack, be, need, sustain, accord, want · To what, where: it, father, little ones, you, anything · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

To lack or be short of something, so that one needs it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lack	mark
2	lack	lack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 short	cc
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 short	cop
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lack	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 short	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 needs	punct
9	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 needs	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 needs	nsubj
12	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lack	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 needs	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lack	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lack	to-infinitive				tree rules
2	is	infinitive			of something; short property	tree rules
3	need	present	one	it		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=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 Joseph sustained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the want of their little ones.

From Torah GEN.47.12, JPS 1917.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 sustained	cc
2	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	nsubj
3	sustained	sustain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 father	nmod:poss
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 brethren	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 brethren	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brethren	nmod:poss
9	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 household	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 household	cc
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 father	det:predet
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 father	nmod:poss
14	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 household	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 father	case
16	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 bread	punct
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 bread	case
19	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 want	punct
21	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	24 want	case
22	to	to	ADP	_	21 according	fixed
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 want	det
24	want	want	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	parataxis
25	of	of	ADP	_	28 ones	case
26	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 ones	nmod:poss
27	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 ones	amod
28	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 want	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sustained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sustain	past	Joseph	Joseph's father	with bread; Joseph's brethren obl	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent father=Theme
2	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	want			their little ones		nom want «state transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

“But we want you to dance.”

From Peter Pan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
2	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 want	cc
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 want	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 dance	mark
7	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
9	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	present	we	you					tree rules
2	dance not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

"I don't want anything," replied Petrusha.

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	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 want	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 want	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 want	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 want	advmod
5	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 replied	ccomp
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 want	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 want	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 want	punct
9	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	Petrusha	Petrusha	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 replied	nsubj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 replied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not want in a quote	present · do-support	Petrusha	anything					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot anything=Theme
2	reply speech: assert	past	Petrusha						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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