crossway

Who acts: crossway, two roads, They, you, thou, his · What happens: be, meet, carry out, bury, wait, stand · To what, where: place, pots, She, crossway, those, thou · Speech: someone speaks here

«crossway» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: crossway in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A crossway is a place where two or more roads meet; a crossroads.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 crossway	det
2	crossway	crossway	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 place	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 place	det
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 meet	advmod
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 roads	nummod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 more	cc
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 two	conj
10	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 meet	nsubj
11	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 place	acl:relcl
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 crossroads	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 crossroads	det
14	crossroads	crossroad	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 place	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 place	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a crossway	a place and a crossroads				a crossroads conj	tree rules
2	meet	present	two roads						vn meet-36.3-1 «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.

Early Modern English, meaning 1

A place where two or more roads meet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 place	det
2	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 meet	advmod
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 roads	nummod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 more	cc
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 two	conj
7	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 meet	nsubj
8	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 place	acl:relcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 place	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	present	two roads						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

They carried the pots out to a crossway.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pots	det
4	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carried	obj
5	out	out	ADV	_	2 carried	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 crossway	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 crossway	det
8	crossway	crossway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry out	past	They	the pots				to a crossway; out property	vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Eventuality

Example 2

She was buried at a crossway.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 buried	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 buried	aux:pass
3	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 crossway	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crossway	det
6	crossway	crossway	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 buried	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 buried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past · passive		She		a crossway			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at crossway=Destination

Example 3

Wait for me at the crossway by the old oak.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 me	case
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Wait	obl
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 crossway	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crossway	det
6	crossway	crossway	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 oak	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 oak	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 oak	amod
10	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			the crossway		for me; by the old oak	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at crossway=Location

Example 4

Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. (Prophets OBA.1.14, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.

The tree, 33 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	ADV	_	5 stood	advmod
2	shouldest	should	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	5 stood	aux
3	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 stood	nsubj
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 stood	aux
5	stood	stand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 crossway	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crossway	det
8	crossway	crossway	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stood	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cut	punct
10	to	to	PART	_	11 cut	mark
11	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stood	conj
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 cut	compound:prt
13	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	11 cut	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 escape	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 escape	nmod:poss
16	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 escape	det
17	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 those	nmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 delivered	punct
19	neither	neither	ADV	_	23 delivered	advmod
20	shouldest	should	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	23 delivered	aux
21	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	23 delivered	nsubj:pass
22	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 delivered	aux
23	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 stood	conj
24	up	up	ADP	_	23 delivered	compound:prt
25	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	23 delivered	obl
26	of	of	SCONJ	_	30 remain	mark
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 remain	nmod:poss
28	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 remain	nsubj
29	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 remain	aux
30	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 those	acl
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 day	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 day	det
33	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 remain	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 distress	case
35	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 day	nmod
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	should · perfect	thou		the crossway		neither property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in crossway=Location
2	cut off	to-infinitive	thou not said here	those of his escape				vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector that=Eventuality
3	deliver up	should · perfect · passive		thou			those obl; neither property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	remain	past · do-support				day	his = he nmod:poss	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	escape		his = he					nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 2: (Prophets OBA.1.14, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	OBA.1.14	OBA.1.14	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 OBA.1.14	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 OBA.1.14	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 5

Then they carried out the pots to a crossway.

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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 carried	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj
3	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 carried	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pots	det
6	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 crossway	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 crossway	det
9	crossway	crossway	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry out	past	they	the pots			then	to a crossway	vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Eventuality

Example 6

“I had an evil vision,” said she, “I saw crossways.

From Irish Fairy Tales.

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 vision	det
5	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 vision	amod
6	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct
8	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 saw	punct
12	“	"	PUNCT	_	14 saw	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 saw	nsubj
14	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	conj
15	crossways	crossway	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 saw	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have in a quote	past	I	a evil vision	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vision=Patient
2	say speech: assert	past	she		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	see in a quote	past	I	crossways	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crossway=Stimulus

Example 7

Her body was passed underneath the threshold and buried at a crossway.

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	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 body	nmod:poss
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 passed	aux:pass
4	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	underneath	underneath	ADP	_	7 threshold	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 threshold	det
7	threshold	threshold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 buried	cc
9	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 passed	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 crossway	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 crossway	det
12	crossway	crossway	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 buried	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 passed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past · passive		Her body		the threshold			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme underneath threshold=Destination
2	bury	participle				a crossway			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at crossway=Destination

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📖 crossway

Everyday, meaning 1

Early Modern English, meaning 1

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