wert
Who acts: You, thou, mine, I · What happens: be, use, go on, go, sound, kiss · To what, where: form, doorway, thee · Speech: someone speaks here
«wert» 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: wert in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
You were; a form of "be" used with "thou".
The tree, 9 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 form | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 form | cop |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 form | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 form | det |
| 5 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 10 used | mark |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 used | punct |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 used | aux:pass |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 used | punct |
| 10 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 form | advcl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 thou | case |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 thou | punct |
| 13 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 10 used | obl:agent |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 thou | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 form | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | You | a form | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | use | infinitive · passive | thou | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
Rest there in peace, till thou art a wiser man than thou wert.’
From Grimms' Fairy Tales.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 art | nsubj |
| 2 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Rest | advmod |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 peace | case |
| 4 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rest | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 art | punct |
| 6 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 8 art | mark |
| 7 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 8 art | nsubj |
| 8 | art | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 10 | wiser | wise | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 man | amod |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 art | obj |
| 12 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 14 wert | mark |
| 13 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 14 wert | nsubj |
| 14 | wert | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 man | acl:relcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 art | punct |
| 16 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 art | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 2
Go on, go on--thou wert on the balcony, and went through the doorway, and then--”
From Andersen's Fairy Tales.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 5 | on | on | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 6 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 8 wert | punct |
| 7 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 8 wert | nsubj |
| 8 | wert | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | parataxis |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 balcony | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 balcony | det |
| 11 | balcony | balcony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wert | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 went | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 went | cc |
| 14 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 wert | conj |
| 15 | through | through | ADP | _ | 17 doorway | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 doorway | det |
| 17 | doorway | doorway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 went | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 -- | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 -- | cc |
| 20 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 21 -- | advmod |
| 21 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 1 Go | punct |
| 22 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | imperative | you not said here | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go on | infinitive | you not said here | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | go | past | you not said here | the doorway | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through doorway=Initial_Location |
Example 3
"Mine! mine!" sounded around him, and within him; "I kissed thee when thou wert a little child.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 mine | punct |
| 2 | Mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mine | nsubj |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 mine | punct |
| 4 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 sounded | nsubj |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 mine | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 mine | punct |
| 7 | sounded | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | around | around | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sounded | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 him | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 him | cc |
| 12 | within | within | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sounded | parataxis |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 kissed | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 kissed | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 kissed | nsubj |
| 17 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sounded | parataxis |
| 18 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 17 kissed | obj |
| 19 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 wert | advmod |
| 20 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 21 wert | nsubj |
| 21 | wert | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 kissed | advcl |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 child | det |
| 23 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 child | amod |
| 24 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 wert | obj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sounded | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | past | mine | around him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | kiss in a quote | past | I | thee | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Co-Agent |
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