Who acts: one, earliest time, earliest train, earliest memory, earliest people, We · What happens: be, come, not mean, leave, make, wake up · To what, where: Earliest superlative, others, soonest possible one, earliest, six, tools
«earliest» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 11 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: earliest in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
Earliest is the superlative of «early»: the first one in time, or the one that comes before all the others.
The tree, 20 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
the Earliest superlative and the first one in time
of early; the first one in time conj
tree rules
2
come
present
the one
all others
vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before other=Location
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
The earliest time or moment is the soonest possible one.
The present volume attempts to begin the pleasant captivity from the earliest years.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
4 attempts
det
2
present
present
ADJ
Degree=Pos
4 attempts
amod
3
volume
volume
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 attempts
compound
4
attempts
attempt
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
5
to
to
PART
_
6 begin
mark
6
begin
begin
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
4 attempts
acl
7
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
9 captivity
det
8
pleasant
pleasant
ADJ
Degree=Pos
9 captivity
amod
9
captivity
captivity
NOUN
Number=Sing
6 begin
obj
10
from
from
ADP
_
13 years
case
11
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
13 years
det
12
earliest
early
ADJ
Degree=Sup
13 years
amod
13
years
year
NOUN
Number=Plur
6 begin
obl
14
.
.
PUNCT
_
4 attempts
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
begin
to-infinitive
the pleasant captivity
year
vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captivity=Eventuality
Example 9
The earliest known use of this symbol in Babylonian in- scriptions belongs to the third century B. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
The tree, 29 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
the earliest known use of this symbol in Babylonian in scriptions
century
vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
3
accord
gerund
vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4
use
this symbol in Babylonian in scriptions
nom use «act transitive»: of=patient
Example 10
The letters of the earliest alphabet having been numeral symbols, all words were originally made up of numeral symbols or numbers. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
Sentence 1: The letters of the earliest alphabet having been numeral symbols, all words were originally made up of numeral symbols or numbers.
The tree, 21 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
of the earliest having numeral symbols and all words; all words conj
tree rules
3
make up
past · passive
the letters
of numeral symbols or numbers; originally property
vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot
Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
The tree, 12 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Mordell
punct
2
Mordell
Mordell
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 Origin
punct
4
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
5 Origin
det
5
Origin
Origin
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Mordell
appos
6
of
of
ADP
_
7 Letters
case
7
Letters
letter
NOUN
Number=Plur
5 Origin
nmod
8
and
and
CCONJ
_
9 Numerals
cc
9
Numerals
numeral
NOUN
Number=Plur
7 Letters
conj
10
according
accord
VERB
ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
12 Sefer
case
11
to
to
ADP
_
10 according
fixed
12
Sefer
Sefer
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Mordell
nmod
13
Yetzirah
Yetzirah
PROPN
Number=Sing
12 Sefer
flat
14
(
(
PUNCT
_
15 1914
punct
15
1914
1914
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
2 Mordell
list
16
))
))
PUNCT
_
2 Mordell
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
accord
gerund
vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
Example 11
In my opinion, the sexagesimal position originated from the decimal position, and not the reverse ; for the earliest abacus, which was doubtless based on a decimal position, is older than the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
The tree, 43 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on position=Source
4
is
present
my opinion and the sexagesimal position and the reverse and the earliest abacus
than the Mordell; old property
tree rules
5
accord
gerund
vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
6
opine
my
nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
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.