beget

Who acts: old tales, old king, Gods, Greed · What happens: become, produce, beget · To what, where: father, children, seven sons, heroes, trouble

«beget» 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: beget in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To become the father of a child; in old tales, to produce children or new things.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 become	mark
2	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 produce	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 father	det
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 become	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 father	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 tales	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 tales	case
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tales	amod
11	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 produce	nsubj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 produce	punct
13	to	to	PART	_	14 produce	mark
14	produce	produce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 produce	obj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 things	cc
17	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 things	amod
18	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 children	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 produce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	to-infinitive	old tales not said here	the father of a child					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	produce	to-infinitive	old tales	children or new things					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Result

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

The old king begot seven sons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 king	amod
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begot	nsubj
4	begot	beget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 sons	nummod
6	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 begot	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 begot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beget	past	the old king	seven sons					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient

Example 2

Gods in the tales begot heroes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 begot	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 tales	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tales	det
4	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Gods	nmod
5	begot	beget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 begot	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 begot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beget	past	Gods in the tales	heroes					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hero=Patient

Example 3

Greed often begets trouble.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Greed	greed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 begets	nsubj
2	often	often	ADV	_	3 begets	advmod
3	begets	beget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 begets	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 begets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beget	present	Greed	trouble				often property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Patient

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