devour

Who acts: you, She, fire, hungry boys, lion, Ellie · What happens: eat, read, watch, take in, devour, destroy · To what, where: something, book, forest, someone, pizza, prey · Speech: someone speaks here

«devour» in the English dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 14 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: devour in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

To eat something quickly and hungrily, often all of it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 eat	mark
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 eat	obj
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 eat	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hungrily	cc
6	hungrily	hungrily	ADV	_	4 quickly	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 all	punct
8	often	often	ADV	_	9 all	advmod
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 eat	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 all	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	to-infinitive		something				all of it obl; quickly property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient

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.

Everyday, meaning 2

To read, watch or take in something eagerly and quickly: «She devoured the book».

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 read	mark
2	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 watch	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 watch	punct
4	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 take	cc
6	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 watch	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	6 take	compound:prt
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 take	obj
9	eagerly	eagerly	ADV	_	6 take	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 quickly	cc
11	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	9 eagerly	conj
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 devoured	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 devoured	punct
14	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 devoured	nsubj
15	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 watch	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 book	det
17	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 devoured	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 devoured	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 watch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	read	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	watch	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
3	take in	infinitive	you not said here	something	eagerly property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
4	devour in a quote	past	She	the book		vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient

Everyday, meaning 3

To destroy something completely: «The fire devoured the forest».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 destroy	mark
2	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 devoured	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 destroy	obj
4	completely	completely	ADV	_	2 destroy	advmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 destroy	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 devoured	punct
7	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 devoured	nsubj
9	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 forest	det
11	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 devoured	obj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 devoured	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 devoured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	to-infinitive	the fire not said here	something				completely property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient
2	devour in a quote	past	the fire	the forest					vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Patient

Everyday, meaning 4

Usage: of a feeling — kept apart, not parsed.

To fill someone completely: «devoured by jealousy».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fill	mark
2	fill	fill	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 fill	obj
4	completely	completely	ADV	_	2 fill	advmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 devoured	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 devoured	punct
7	devoured	devour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fill	advcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 jealousy	case
9	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 devoured	obl
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 devoured	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	to-infinitive		someone				completely property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent someone=Patient
2	devour in a quote	participle						by jealousy	vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The hungry boys devoured the pizza in minutes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boys	det
2	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boys	amod
3	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 devoured	nsubj
4	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pizza	det
6	pizza	pizza	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 devoured	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 minutes	case
8	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 devoured	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 devoured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devour	past	the hungry boys	the pizza			minute		vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pizza=Patient

Example 2

The lion devoured its prey.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lion	det
2	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devoured	nsubj
3	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 prey	nmod:poss
5	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devoured	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 devoured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devour	past	the lion	lion's prey					vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Patient

Example 3

Ellie devoured the whole series of books in a week.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 devoured	nsubj
2	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 series	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 series	amod
5	series	series	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 devoured	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 books	case
7	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 series	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 week	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 week	det
10	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 devoured	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 devoured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devour	past	Ellie	the whole series of books			week		vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent series=Patient

Example 4

The fire devoured the old barn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fire	det
2	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devoured	nsubj
3	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 barn	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 barn	amod
6	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devoured	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 devoured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devour	past	the fire	the old barn					vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barn=Patient

Example 5

In the story, the wolf wanted to devour Little Red Riding Hood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	nsubj
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 devour	mark
9	devour	devour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wanted	xcomp
10	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Hood	amod
11	Red	Red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Hood	amod
12	Riding	Riding	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Hood	compound
13	Hood	Hood	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 devour	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the wolf			the story			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	devour not said to happen	to-infinitive	the wolf not said here	Little Red Riding Hood					vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hood=Patient

Example 6

The caterpillars devoured our cabbages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 caterpillars	det
2	caterpillars	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 devoured	nsubj
3	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cabbages	nmod:poss
5	cabbages	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 devoured	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 devoured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devour	past	the caterpillars	our cabbages					vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabbage=Patient

Example 7

He was devoured by curiosity about the locked box.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 devoured	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devoured	aux:pass
3	devoured	devour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 curiosity	case
5	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devoured	obl
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 box	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 box	det
8	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 box	amod
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 curiosity	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 devoured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devour	past · passive	curiosity about the locked box	He					vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	lock	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 8

The dogs come and devour the bacon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dogs	det
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 devour	cc
5	devour	devour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 come	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bacon	det
7	bacon	bacon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 devour	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	the dogs						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	devour	infinitive	the dogs not said here	the bacon					vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bacon=Patient

Example 9

For the LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. (Torah DEU.4.24, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: For the LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	5 God	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 God	det
3	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 God	amod
4	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 God	nmod:poss
5	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 fire	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fire	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fire	det
8	devouring	devour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 fire	amod
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 God	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 God	det
12	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 God	amod
13	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 fire	parataxis
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 fire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devour	gerund							vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		a devouring fire				for thy LORD God; a jealous God parataxis	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah DEU.4.24, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 DEU.4.24	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DEU.4.24	compound
3	DEU.4.24	DEU.4.24	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DEU.4.24	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 DEU.4.24	punct

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

Example 10

And there came forth fire from before the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. (Torah LEV.10.2, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And there came forth fire from before the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 came	cc
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 came	expl
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	forth	forth	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 LORD	case
7	before	before	ADP	_	9 LORD	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 LORD	det
9	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 devoured	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 devoured	cc
12	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	parataxis
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 devoured	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 died	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 died	cc
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 died	nsubj
17	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 devoured	conj
18	before	before	ADP	_	20 LORD	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 LORD	det
20	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 died	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	fire		there		from the LORD; forth property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from lord=Initial_Location
2	devour	past		them = they				vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	die	past	they			before the LORD		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Sentence 2: (Torah LEV.10.2, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 LEV.10.2	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 LEV.10.2	compound
3	LEV.10.2	LEV.10.2	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 LEV.10.2	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 LEV.10.2	punct

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

Example 11

Are we not accounted by him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our price. (Torah GEN.31.15, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Are we not accounted by him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our price.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accounted	aux:pass
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 accounted	nsubj:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 accounted	advmod
4	accounted	account	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 strangers	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 strangers	nsubj
7	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accounted	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 accounted	punct
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	12 sold	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sold	nsubj
11	hath	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 sold	aux:pass
12	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 accounted	conj
13	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 sold	iobj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hath	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hath	cc
16	hath	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accounted	parataxis
17	also	also	ADV	_	19 devoured	advmod
18	quite	quite	ADV	_	19 devoured	advmod
19	devoured	devour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 hath	xcomp
20	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 price	nmod:poss
21	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 devoured	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 accounted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	not account	present · passive	strangers him	we		tree rules
2	sell	present · passive		he	us	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient we=Theme
3	have	present				tree rules
4	devour	participle		our price		vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Patient

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.31.15, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.31.15	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.31.15	compound
3	GEN.31.15	GEN.31.15	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.31.15	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.31.15	punct

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

Example 12

Thou lovest all devouring words, the deceitful tongue. (Writings PSA.52.6, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Thou lovest all devouring words, the deceitful tongue.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	2 lovest	nsubj
2	lovest	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 words	det
4	devouring	devour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 words	amod
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lovest	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tongue	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tongue	det
8	deceitful	deceitful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tongue	amod
9	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 words	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lovest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	Thou	all devouring words the deceitful tongue					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	devour	gerund							vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.52.6, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	PSA.52.6	PSA.52.6	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.52.6	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.52.6	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 13

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation. (Writings PSA.79.7, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	SCONJ	_	4 devoured	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 devoured	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 devoured	aux
4	devoured	devour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 devoured	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 laid	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 laid	cc
8	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 devoured	conj
9	waste	waste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 laid	ccomp
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 habitation	nmod:poss
11	habitation	habitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 waste	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 devoured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	devour	present · perfect	they	Jacob	vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jacob=Patient
2	lay	past	they not said here		tree rules
3	waste	infinitive	they not said here	Jacob's habitation	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent habitation=Patient

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.79.7, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	PSA.79.7	PSA.79.7	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.79.7	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.79.7	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 14

Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song. (Writings PSA.78.63, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 devoured	nsubj
2	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 men	nmod:poss
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 men	amod
5	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 devoured	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 had	cc
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 virgins	nmod:poss
9	virgins	virgin	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 devoured	conj
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 song	det
12	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 song	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 marriage	punct
14	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 devoured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devour	past	Fire	their young men					vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient
2	have	past	men's virgins	no marriage song					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Patient

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.78.63, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	PSA.78.63	PSA.78.63	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.78.63	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.78.63	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Text: the English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader, each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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📖 devour

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