behold

Who acts: you, king, children, It, words, mother · What happens: behold, be, look, pay, come, word · To what, where: attention, castle, hill, sight · Speech: someone speaks here

«behold» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: behold in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To behold is to see or look at something, especially something wonderful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 behold	mark
2	behold	behold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 see	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 see	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 look	cc
7	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 see	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 something	case
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 look	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 something	punct
11	especially	especially	ADV	_	12 something	advmod
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 something	appos
13	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 something	amod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	behold	to-infinitive		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	see property	tree rules
3	look	infinitive	at something	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at something=Theme

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

Usage: «Behold!» — kept apart, not parsed.

Look! Pay attention to what comes next.

Sentence 1: Look!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Sentence 2: Pay attention to what comes next.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pay	obj
3	to	to	SCONJ	_	5 comes	mark
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 comes	nsubj
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pay	advcl
6	next	next	ADV	_	5 comes	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	imperative	you not said here	attention					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset
2	come	present						next property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

Behold, the king is coming!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	6 coming	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Behold	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coming	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 coming	aux
6	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 coming	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present · progressive	the king						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The children beheld a castle on the hill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 beheld	nsubj
3	beheld	behold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 castle	det
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beheld	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 hill	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hill	det
8	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beheld	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 beheld	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behold	past	the children	a castle		the hill			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer castle=Stimulus

Example 3

It was a sight to behold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sight	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sight	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sight	det
4	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 behold	case
6	behold	behold	INTJ	_	4 sight	discourse
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sight	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a sight					tree rules

Example 4

Behold, her mother's words were true!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	8 true	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Behold	punct
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mother	nmod:poss
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 words	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 mother	case
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 true	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 true	cop
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	her mother's words					true property	tree rules
2	word		her mother						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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