whoso
Who acts: Whoso, man, her, one, flow, seed · What happens: person, shed, make, image, behold, fill · To what, where: blood, man, God, Whoso, one, whomsoever
«whoso» 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: whoso in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
Anyone who; whichever person.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| 4 | whichever | whichever | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 person | advmod |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Anyone | appos |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Anyone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | person | whichever 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
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.
From Torah GEN.9.6, JPS 1917.
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whoso | whoso | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 sheddeth | nsubj |
| 2 | sheddeth | shed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 blood | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 man | case |
| 5 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sheddeth | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 shed | punct |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 man | case |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 shed | obl |
| 9 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 shed | aux |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 blood | nmod:poss |
| 11 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 shed | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 shed | aux:pass |
| 13 | shed | shed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 sheddeth | conj |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 made | punct |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 image | case |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 image | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 image | det |
| 18 | image | image | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 made | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 God | case |
| 20 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 image | nmod |
| 21 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sheddeth | conj |
| 22 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 made | obj |
| 23 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 made | obj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sheddeth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shed | present | Whoso | man's blood | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location blood=Source | ||||
| 2 | shed | shall · passive | man | man's blood | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Source | ||||
| 3 | make | past | Whoso not said here | man | God | for the image of God | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary man=Product for image=Asset | ||
| 4 | image | God | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Example 2
Whoso beheld was filled with her love.
From Celtic Fairy Tales.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whoso | whoso | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 filled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Whoso | acl:relcl |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 filled | aux:pass |
| 4 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 love | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 love | nmod:poss |
| 7 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 filled | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 filled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behold | past | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | fill | past · passive | Whoso | with her love | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with love=Instrument | ||||
| 3 | love | her = she | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 3
And whoso toucheth any one that is unclean by the dead; or from whomsoever the flow of seed goeth out;
From Torah LEV.22.4, JPS 1917.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 toucheth | cc |
| 2 | whoso | whoso | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 toucheth | nsubj |
| 3 | toucheth | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 one | det |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 toucheth | obj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 unclean | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 unclean | cop |
| 8 | unclean | unclean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 one | acl:relcl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 dead | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dead | det |
| 11 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 unclean | obl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 goeth | punct |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 goeth | cc |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 whomsoever | case |
| 15 | whomsoever | whomsoever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 goeth | obl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 flow | det |
| 17 | flow | flow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 goeth | nsubj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 seed | case |
| 19 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 flow | nmod |
| 20 | goeth | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 toucheth | conj |
| 21 | out | out | ADP | _ | 20 goeth | compound:prt |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 toucheth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | touch | present | whoso | any one | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | any one | by the dead; unclean property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go out | present | the flow of seed | whomsoever | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | flow | seed | nom flow «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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