Who acts: you, Plants, firefighters, She, I, her · What happens: respond, mean, answer, speak, react, do · To what, where: something, name, character respond, Jezreel, Prophets, LORD · Speech: someone speaks here
«respond» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: respond in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
To respond means to answer, by speaking or writing.
vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3
answerspeech: assertnot said to happen
to-infinitive
vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4
speakspeech: other
gerund
writing conj
vn talk-37.5 «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.
Everyday, meaning 2
To respond means to react to something by doing something.
And the earth shall respond to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall respond to Jezreel. (Prophets HOS.2.24, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: And the earth shall respond to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall respond to Jezreel.
The tree, 20 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
And
and
CCONJ
_
5 respond
cc
2
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
3 earth
det
3
earth
earth
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 respond
nsubj
4
shall
shall
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
5 respond
aux
5
respond
respond
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
root
root
6
to
to
ADP
_
8 corn
case
7
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
8 corn
det
8
corn
corn
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 respond
obl
9
,
,
PUNCT
_
12 wine
punct
10
and
and
CCONJ
_
12 wine
cc
11
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
12 wine
det
12
wine
wine
NOUN
Number=Sing
8 corn
conj
13
,
,
PUNCT
_
16 oil
punct
14
and
and
CCONJ
_
16 oil
cc
15
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
16 oil
det
16
oil
oil
NOUN
Number=Sing
8 corn
conj
17
;
;
PUNCT
_
21 respond
punct
18
and
and
CCONJ
_
21 respond
cc
19
they
they
PRON
Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs
21 respond
nsubj
20
shall
shall
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
21 respond
aux
21
respond
respond
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
5 respond
conj
22
to
to
ADP
_
23 Jezreel
case
23
Jezreel
Jezreel
PROPN
Number=Sing
21 respond
obl
24
.
.
PUNCT
_
5 respond
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
respondspeech: other
shall
the earth
to the corn and the wine and the oil
vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to corn=Theme
2
respondspeech: other
shall
corn
Jezreel
vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to jezreel=Theme
Sentence 2: (Prophets HOS.2.24, 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
HOS.2.24
HOS.2.24
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 HOS.2.24
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 HOS.2.24
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 9
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will respond, saith the LORD, I will respond to the heavens, and they shall respond to the earth; (Prophets HOS.2.23, JPS 1917)
The tree, 32 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4
sayspeech: assert
present
the LORD
vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lord=Topic
5
respondspeech: other
future
I
to the heavens
vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to heaven=Theme
6
respondspeech: other
shall
heavens = heaven
to the earth
vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme
Example 10
Ephraim shall say: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; from Me is thy fruit found. (Prophets HOS.14.9, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: Ephraim shall say: 'What have I to do any more with idols?'
The tree, 12 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on he=Theme
3
is
present
I
like a leafy cypress tree
tree rules
4
is
present
Me
thy fruit
thy nmod:poss
tree rules
5
find
participle
thy fruit not said here
vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: (Prophets HOS.14.9, 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
HOS.14.9
HOS.14.9
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 HOS.14.9
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 HOS.14.9
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
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.