ee

Who acts: Ee, old plural, common letter pair, squeal, Grandma, old Northern English way · What happens: be, mean, make, cry, see, say · To what, where: cry, Ee, eye, een, common letter pair, long ee sound · Speech: someone speaks here

«ee» in the English dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: ee in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Usage: UK, Northern England dialect — kept apart, not parsed.

«Ee!» is a cry of surprise or feeling, like «oh!»: «Ee, it's cold!»; also «ee by gum».

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Ee	punct
2	Ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cry	nsubj
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Ee	punct
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Ee	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cry	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cry	det
7	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 surprise	case
9	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cry	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 feeling	cc
11	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 surprise	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 oh	punct
13	like	like	ADP	_	15 oh	case
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 oh	punct
15	oh	oh	INTJ	_	7 cry	nmod
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 oh	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 oh	punct
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	20 Ee	punct
19	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 Ee	punct
20	Ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cry	parataxis
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 cold	punct
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 cold	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 cold	cop
24	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Ee	acl:relcl
25	!	!	PUNCT	_	20 Ee	punct
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 Ee	punct
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 ee	punct
28	also	also	ADV	_	30 ee	advmod
29	«	«	PUNCT	_	30 ee	punct
30	ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cry	appos
31	by	by	ADP	_	32 gum	case
32	gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 ee	nmod
33	»	»	PUNCT	_	30 ee	punct
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be speech: express	present	Ee	a cry				of surprise or feeling; ee by gum appos	tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	Ee	Ee not said here				cold 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.

Everyday, meaning 2

Usage: Scots — kept apart, not parsed.

«Ee» means eye; the old plural is «een».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Ee	punct
2	Ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Ee	punct
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 een	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plural	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 plural	amod
9	plural	plural	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 een	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 een	cop
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 een	punct
12	een	een	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	parataxis
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 een	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Ee	eye					tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	the old plural	een					tree rules

Everyday, meaning 3

Usage: spelling — kept apart, not parsed.

«ee» is a common letter pair making the long «ee» sound, as in «tree», «sheep», «green».

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 ee	punct
2	ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pair	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 ee	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pair	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pair	det
6	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pair	amod
7	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pair	compound
8	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 pair	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sound	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sound	amod
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 ee	punct
13	ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sound	compound
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 ee	punct
15	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 making	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 tree	punct
17	as	as	ADP	_	20 tree	case
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 tree	case
19	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 tree	punct
20	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pair	appos
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 tree	punct
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 sheep	punct
23	«	«	PUNCT	_	24 sheep	punct
24	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pair	appos
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	24 sheep	punct
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 green	punct
27	«	«	PUNCT	_	28 green	punct
28	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pair	parataxis
29	»	»	PUNCT	_	28 green	punct
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 pair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	ee	a common letter pair				tree appos; sheep appos	tree rules
2	make	gerund	a common letter pair not said here	the long ee sound					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product

Everyday, meaning 4

Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

EE is a British mobile phone company.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	EE	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 company	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 company	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 company	det
4	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 company	amod
5	mobile	mobile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 company	amod
6	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 company	compound
7	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 company	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	EE	a British mobile phone company					tree rules

Early Modern English, meaning 1

A squeal or cry, or the vowel sound "ee" in a pronunciation guide.

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 squeal	det
2	squeal	squeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cry	nsubj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 cry	cc
4	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sound	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 sound	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sound	det
8	vowel	vowel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sound	compound
9	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cry	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 ee	punct
11	ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sound	appos
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 ee	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 guide	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 guide	det
15	pronunciation	pronunciation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 guide	compound
16	guide	guide	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cry	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	infinitive	a squeal	the vowel sound		a pronunciation guide			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Topic

Example 1

«Ee, it's grand to see you!» said Grandma from Yorkshire.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 grand	punct
2	Ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grand	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Ee	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grand	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 grand	cop
6	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 said	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 see	mark
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 grand	advcl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 see	obj
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 grand	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 grand	punct
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	Grandma	Grandma	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 said	nsubj
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 Yorkshire	case
15	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Grandma	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Ee		grand property	tree rules
2	see in a quote	to-infinitive	Ee not said here	you		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
3	say speech: express	past	Grandma from Yorkshire			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

«Ee by gum!» is an old Northern English way of saying «my goodness!».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Ee	punct
2	Ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 way	nsubj
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 gum	case
4	gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Ee	nmod
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Ee	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Ee	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 way	cop
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 way	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
10	Northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
11	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	of	of	SCONJ	_	14 saying	mark
14	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 way	acl
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 goodness	punct
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 goodness	nmod:poss
17	goodness	goodness	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 saying	obj
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	17 goodness	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 goodness	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Ee by gum	a old Northern English way					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	a old Northern English way not said here	my goodness					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodness=Topic

Example 3

The letters «ee» make the sound in «sheep».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 letters	det
2	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	nsubj
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 ee	punct
4	ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 letters	appos
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 ee	punct
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sound	det
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sheep	case
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 sheep	punct
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sound	nmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 sheep	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	infinitive	the letters	the sound				in sheep	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product

Example 4

«Bee», «tree» and «free» all have «ee».

The tree, 7 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Bee	punct
2	Bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 have	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Bee	punct
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tree	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 tree	punct
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Bee	conj
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 tree	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 free	cc
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 free	punct
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tree	conj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 free	punct
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 have	advmod
13	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 ee	punct
15	ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 have	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 ee	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Bee and tree	ee					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ee=Patient

Example 5

In the Scots poem, «ee» means eye.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 poem	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 poem	det
3	Scots	Scot	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 poem	compound
4	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 poem	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 ee	punct
7	ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	nsubj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 ee	punct
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	ee	eye				in the Scots poem	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot eye=Theme in poem=Attribute

Example 6

My mum's phone is on EE.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 phone	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mum	case
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 EE	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 EE	cop
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 EE	case
7	EE	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 EE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My mum's phone			EE			tree rules

Example 7

But he wants my bacon! gree-ee-ee!"

From The Aesop for Children / With pictures by Milo Winter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	3 wants	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bacon	nmod:poss
5	bacon	bacon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	obj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 ee	punct
7	gree	gree	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ee	nsubj
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 gree	punct
9	ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ee	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 ee	punct
11	ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	parataxis
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 ee	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 ee	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	he	my bacon					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bacon=Theme
2	ee		gree						tree rules

Example 8

AEgisthus (ee-jiss'-thus, th as in both), 305.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	AEgisthus	AEgisthus	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 jiss	punct
3	ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jiss	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 jiss	punct
5	jiss	jiss	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 AEgisthus	appos
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 jiss	punct
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 305	punct
8	thus	thus	ADV	_	16 305	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 305	punct
10	th	th	ADV	_	16 305	advmod
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 both	case
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 both	case
13	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	16 305	obl
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	13 both	punct
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 both	punct
16	305	305	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 AEgisthus	list
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 AEgisthus	punct

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

Example 9

Thus AEneas may be pronounced A-na'-ahss; Aides ah-ee'-daze.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thus	thus	ADV	_	5 pronounced	advmod
2	AEneas	AEneas	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 pronounced	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 pronounced	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 pronounced	aux:pass
5	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 ahss	det
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 na	punct
8	na	na	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ahss	compound
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 na	punct
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 na	punct
11	ahss	ahss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pronounced	obj
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 Aides	punct
13	Aides	aide	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pronounced	conj
14	ah	ah	INTJ	_	19 daze	discourse
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 ee	punct
16	ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 daze	compound
17	'	'	PUNCT	_	16 ee	punct
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 daze	punct
19	daze	daze	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Aides	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pronounced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	may · passive		AEneas				a na ahss obj; Aides ee daze conj; thus property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme ahss=Result

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📖 ee

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

Everyday, meaning 4

Early Modern English, meaning 1

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