aught

Who acts: Aught, I, it, you, She · What happens: mean, know, lose, hear, come, tell · To what, where: anything, all, aught, me, home · Speech: someone speaks here

«aught» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: aught in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

Aught means anything at all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aught	aught	PRON	PronType=Ind	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 means	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 all	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 anything	nmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Aught	anything		all			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic

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.

Meaning 2

In «for aught I know» it means as far as I know, for all I know.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	SCONJ	_	6 know	mark
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 know	punct
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 aught	case
4	aught	aught	PRON	PronType=Ind	6 know	obl
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 know	nsubj
6	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 means	advcl
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 know	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 far	advmod
11	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 means	advmod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 know	mark
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 know	nsubj
14	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 far	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 know	punct
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 know	ccomp
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 know	nsubj
19	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 all	acl:relcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	present	I	for aught	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	mean	present	it	far property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	know	present	I		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	know	present	I		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

Do you know aught of the lost boy?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 know	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 know	nsubj
3	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	aught	aught	PRON	PronType=Ind	3 know	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 boy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 boy	amod
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 aught	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present · do-support	you	aught					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer aught=Stimulus
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

If you hear aught, come and tell me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 hear	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 come	advcl
4	aught	aught	PRON	PronType=Ind	3 hear	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
6	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tell	cc
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 come	conj
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 tell	iobj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	hear a condition, not said to happen	present	you	aught		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer aught=Stimulus
2	come	imperative	you not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		me	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient

Example 3

She may be at home, for aught I know.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 home	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 home	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 home	cop
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 home	case
5	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 aught	punct
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 aught	case
8	aught	aught	PRON	PronType=Ind	5 home	appos
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 know	nsubj
10	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 aught	acl:relcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 home	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	may	She			home			tree rules
2	know	present	I						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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