whit

Who acts: whit, tiny amount, He, new rule, old knight, little brother · What happens: be, use, not mean, not care, not change, not be · To what, where: tiny amount, whit, negative phrases, things, holiday, Whitsun · Speech: someone speaks here

«whit» in the English dictionary: its 2 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: whit in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

A whit is a very tiny amount; it is used almost only in negative phrases: «not a whit» means not at all.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 whit	det
2	whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 amount	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 amount	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 amount	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 tiny	advmod
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 amount	amod
7	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 used	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 used	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 used	aux:pass
11	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 amount	acl
12	almost	almost	ADV	_	13 only	advmod
13	only	only	ADV	_	11 used	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 phrases	case
15	negative	negative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 phrases	amod
16	phrases	phrase	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 used	obl
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	23 means	punct
18	«	«	PUNCT	_	21 whit	punct
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 whit	advmod
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 whit	det
21	whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 means	nsubj
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 whit	punct
23	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 amount	parataxis
24	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 means	advmod
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 all	case
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 not	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 amount	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a whit	a tiny amount		tree rules
2	use	present · passive	a tiny amount not said here	whit	negative phrases	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	not mean	present	a whit			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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

«Whit» is also short for Whitsun or Whit Sunday, the Christian feast of Pentecost (church, UK).

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Whit	punct
2	Whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 short	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Whit	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 short	cop
5	also	also	ADV	_	6 short	advmod
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 Whitsun	case
8	Whitsun	Whitsun	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 short	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 Whit	cc
10	Whit	Whit	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Whitsun	conj
11	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Whit	flat
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 feast	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 feast	det
14	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 feast	amod
15	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Whitsun	appos
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Pentecost	case
17	Pentecost	Pentecost	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 feast	nmod
18	(	(	PUNCT	_	19 church	punct
19	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 feast	parataxis
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 UK	punct
21	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 church	appos
22	)	)	PUNCT	_	19 church	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 short	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Whit					for Whitsun or Whit; short property	tree rules

Example 1

He cared not a whit about the rain.

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	2 cared	nsubj
2	cared	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 cared	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 whit	det
5	whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cared	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 rain	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rain	det
8	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whit	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not care	past	He	a whit				about the rain	tree rules

Example 2

The new rule did not change things one whit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rule	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rule	amod
3	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 change	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 change	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 change	advmod
6	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 change	obj
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 whit	nummod
9	whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 change	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 change	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	past · do-support	the new rule	things				one whit obj	tree rules

Example 3

The old knight was not a whit afraid.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 knight	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 knight	amod
3	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 whit	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 whit	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 whit	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 whit	det
7	whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 whit	amod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 whit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	the old knight	a whit					tree rules

Example 4

My little brother is every whit as stubborn as me.

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	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whit	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 whit	cop
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 whit	det
6	whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 stubborn	advmod
8	stubborn	stubborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 whit	amod
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 me	case
10	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 stubborn	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 whit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My little brother	every whit					tree rules

Example 5

Whit Sunday is also called Pentecost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	nsubj:pass
2	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Whit	appos
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 called	aux:pass
4	also	also	ADV	_	5 called	advmod
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	Pentecost	Pentecost	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		Whit				Pentecost xcomp	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 6

In the old days, children had a holiday at Whitsun.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 days	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 days	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 days	amod
4	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 days	punct
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 holiday	det
9	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 Whitsun	case
11	Whitsun	Whitsun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 had	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	children	a holiday		Whitsun	day		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent holiday=Patient

Example 7

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Writings PSA.51.9, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Purge	purge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Purge	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 hyssop	case
4	hyssop	hyssop	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Purge	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 clean	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 clean	cc
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 clean	nsubj
8	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 clean	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 clean	cop
10	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Purge	parataxis
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 wash	punct
12	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Purge	parataxis
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 wash	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 whiter	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 whiter	cc
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 whiter	nsubj
17	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 whiter	aux
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 whiter	cop
19	whiter	white	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 wash	conj
20	than	than	ADP	_	21 snow	case
21	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 whiter	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Purge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	purge	imperative	you not said here	me	with hyssop	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent i=Source
2	is	shall	I		clean property	tree rules
3	wash	infinitive		me		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient
4	is	shall	I		than snow; white property	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.51.9, 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.51.9	PSA.51.9	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.51.9	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.51.9	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 8

Her princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire; (Writings LAM.4.7, JPS 1917)

The tree, 29 words

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 princes	nmod:poss
2	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 purer	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 purer	cop
4	purer	pure	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 snow	case
6	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purer	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 whiter	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 whiter	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 whiter	cop
10	whiter	white	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 purer	conj
11	than	than	ADP	_	12 milk	case
12	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 whiter	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 ruddy	punct
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 ruddy	nsubj
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 ruddy	cop
16	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 ruddy	advmod
17	ruddy	ruddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purer	parataxis
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 body	case
19	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ruddy	obl
20	than	than	ADP	_	21 rubies	case
21	rubies	ruby	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 ruddy	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 sapphire	punct
23	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 polishing	nmod:poss
24	polishing	polishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 sapphire	nsubj
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 sapphire	cop
26	as	as	ADP	_	28 sapphire	case
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 sapphire	case
28	sapphire	sapphire	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ruddy	conj
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 Writings	punct
30	(	(	PUNCT	_	31 Writings	punct
31	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 purer	appos
32	LAM.4.7	LAM.4.7	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 Writings	appos
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 JPS	punct
34	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 LAM.4.7	flat
35	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	32 LAM.4.7	flat
36	)	)	PUNCT	_	31 Writings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her princes		than snow; Writings appos; pure property	tree rules
2	is	past	princes = prince		than milk; white property	tree rules
3	is	past	princes = prince	body	than rubies; ruddy property	tree rules
4	is	past	princes's polishing		as sapphire	tree rules
5	polish		princes = prince			nom polishing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 9

And her prophets have daubed for them with whited plaster, seeing falsehood, and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. (Prophets EZK.22.28, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And her prophets have daubed for them with whited plaster, seeing falsehood, and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 daubed	cc
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 prophets	nmod:poss
3	prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 daubed	nsubj
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 daubed	aux
5	daubed	daub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 daubed	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 plaster	case
9	whited	white	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 plaster	amod
10	plaster	plaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 daubed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 seeing	punct
12	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 daubed	advcl
13	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seeing	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 divining	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 divining	cc
16	divining	divine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 seeing	conj
17	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 divining	obj
18	unto	unto	ADP	_	19 them	case
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 divining	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 saying	punct
21	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 seeing	conj
22	:	:	PUNCT	_	24 saith	punct
23	Thus	thus	ADV	_	24 saith	advmod
24	saith	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 saying	ccomp
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 GOD	det
26	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 GOD	compound
27	GOD	GOD	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 saith	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 hath	punct
29	when	when	SCONJ	_	32 hath	mark
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 LORD	det
31	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 hath	nsubj
32	hath	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 saith	conj
33	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	34 spoken	advmod
34	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 hath	xcomp
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 daubed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	daub	present · perfect	her prophets		for them = they; with whited plaster	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with plaster=Theme
2	white	participle				tree rules
3	see	gerund	her prophets not said here	falsehood		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer falsehood=Stimulus
4	divine	gerund	her prophets not said here	lies	unto prophets = prophet	tree rules
5	say speech: assert	gerund	her prophets not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	say speech: assert	present		the Lord GOD	thus property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent god=Topic
7	have	present	the LORD			tree rules
8	not speak speech: other	participle	the LORD not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (Prophets EZK.22.28, 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	EZK.22.28	EZK.22.28	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EZK.22.28	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 EZK.22.28	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

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📖 whit

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