ye
Who acts: ye, they, all · What happens: speak, eat, call, wing · To what, where: people, clean birds, ye, things · Speech: someone speaks here
«ye» 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: ye in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
You (more than one person); the people being spoken to.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 more | nsubj |
| 2 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 more | punct |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 person | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 person | nummod |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 more | obl |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 more | punct |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 spoken | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 people | det |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 spoken | nsubj |
| 11 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 spoken | aux:pass |
| 12 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 more | parataxis |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 spoken | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 more | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | gerund · passive | the people | 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
Of all clean birds ye may eat.
From Torah DEU.14.11, JPS 1917.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 4 birds | case |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 birds | det |
| 3 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 birds | amod |
| 4 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 7 eat | nsubj |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 eat | aux |
| 7 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 birds | acl:relcl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 birds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | may | ye | all clean birds not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient |
Example 2
"And what do they call ye?"
From More English Fairy Tales.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 call | punct |
| 2 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 call | cc |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 call | obj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 call | aux |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 call | nsubj |
| 6 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 6 call | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 call | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 call | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call in a quote | present · do-support | they | ye | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme ye=Result |
Example 3
Of all clean winged things ye may eat.
From Torah DEU.14.20, JPS 1917.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 2 all | case |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 winged | nsubj |
| 3 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 all | amod |
| 4 | winged | wing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 winged | obj |
| 6 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 8 eat | nsubj |
| 7 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 eat | aux |
| 8 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 things | acl:relcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 winged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wing | past | all | things | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme thing=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | eat | may | ye | things not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |
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