befall

Who acts: you, Bad luck, harm, we · What happens: happen, do, befall, be, stay · To what, where: ill, you, sheep, us

«befall» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: befall in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To happen to someone, often something bad: «If you do ill, ill will befall you.».

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 happen	mark
2	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 someone	case
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 happen	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 something	punct
6	often	often	ADV	_	7 something	advmod
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 someone	appos
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 something	amod
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 befall	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 befall	punct
11	If	if	SCONJ	_	13 do	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 do	nsubj
13	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 befall	advcl
14	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 do	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ill	punct
16	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ill	conj
17	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 befall	aux
18	befall	befall	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 happen	conj
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 befall	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 befall	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 befall	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	to-infinitive			to someone	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you	ill		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ill=Eventuality
3	befall in a quote	future		you		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.

Example 1

Bad luck befell the farmer's sheep.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 luck	amod
2	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 befell	nsubj
3	befell	befall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 farmer	det
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sheep	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 farmer	case
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 befell	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 befell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	befall	past	Bad luck	the farmer's sheep					tree rules

Example 2

Be careful, or harm may befall you.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 careful	cop
2	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 befall	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 befall	cc
5	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 befall	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 befall	aux
7	befall	befall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 careful	conj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 befall	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 careful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					careful property	tree rules
2	befall	may	harm	you					tree rules

Example 3

What will befall us if we stay here?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 befall	obj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 befall	aux
3	befall	befall	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 befall	obj
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 stay	mark
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 stay	nsubj
7	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 befall	advcl
8	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 stay	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 befall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	befall	future		us					tree rules
2	stay a condition, not said to happen	present	we			here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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