befit
Who acts: right, gown, Dress, reward · What happens: be, treat, befit, mean · To what, where: rank, queen, king, brave hero · Speech: someone speaks here
«befit» 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: befit in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To be right and suitable for someone: «treated as befits your rank» means treated as is right for their rank.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 3 right | mark |
| 2 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 means | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 suitable | cc |
| 5 | suitable | suitable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 right | conj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 someone | case |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 right | obl |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 treated | punct |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 treated | punct |
| 10 | treated | treat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 someone | acl:relcl |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 befits | mark |
| 12 | befits | befit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 treated | advcl |
| 13 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 rank | nmod:poss |
| 14 | rank | rank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 befits | obj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 befits | punct |
| 16 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | treated | treat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 means | ccomp |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 right | mark |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 right | cop |
| 20 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 treated | xcomp |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 rank | case |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 rank | nmod:poss |
| 23 | rank | rank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 right | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | to-infinitive | for someone; right property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | be | tree rules | |||||||
| 3 | treat in a quote | participle | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | befit in a quote | present | your rank | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | mean | present | right | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | treat | participle | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | is | present | for their rank; right 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.
Example 1
Her gown befits a queen.
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 gown | nmod:poss |
| 2 | gown | gown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 befits | nsubj |
| 3 | befits | befit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 queen | det |
| 5 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 befits | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 befits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | befit | present | Her gown | a queen | tree rules |
Example 2
Dress as befits a king.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 befits | nsubj |
| 2 | as | as | ADV | _ | 3 befits | advmod |
| 3 | befits | befit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 befits | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 befits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | befit | present | Dress | a king | tree rules |
Example 3
Such a reward befits a brave hero.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 reward | det:predet |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 reward | det |
| 3 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 befits | nsubj |
| 4 | befits | befit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hero | det |
| 6 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hero | amod |
| 7 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 befits | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 befits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | befit | present | such reward | a brave hero | tree rules |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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