betide

Who acts: Woe, trouble, person, harm, you · What happens: betide, be, mean, come, do, open · To what, where: something, thee, anyone, gate, you · Speech: someone speaks here

«betide» 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: betide in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To betide is to happen to someone, usually something bad. «Woe betide» means trouble will come to a person who does something.

Sentence 1: To betide is to happen to someone, usually something bad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 betide	mark
2	betide	betide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 happen	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 happen	mark
5	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 someone	case
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 happen	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 something	punct
9	usually	usually	ADV	_	10 something	advmod
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 someone	appos
11	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 something	amod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betide	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	is	present						to someone; happen 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.

Sentence 2: «Woe betide» means trouble will come to a person who does something.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 betide	punct
2	Woe	woe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 betide	nsubj
3	betide	betide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	csubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 betide	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 come	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 come	aux
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	ccomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 person	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 come	obl
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 does	nsubj
13	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 person	acl:relcl
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 does	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	betide in a quote	infinitive	Woe			tree rules
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	come	future	trouble		to a person	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to person=Initial_Location
4	do	present	a person	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

Example 1

Woe betide thee, nag!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Woe	woe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 betide	nsubj
2	betide	betide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	2 betide	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 nag	punct
5	nag	nag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 betide	obl
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 betide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betide	present	Woe	thee				nag obl	tree rules

Example 2

Woe betide anyone who opens the gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Woe	woe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 betide	nsubj
2	betide	betide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 betide	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 opens	nsubj
5	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 anyone	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opens	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 betide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betide	present	Woe	anyone					tree rules
2	open	present		the gate					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme

Example 3

No harm can betide you while you are with your guide.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 harm	det
2	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 betide	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 betide	aux
4	betide	betide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 betide	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 guide	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 guide	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 guide	cop
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 guide	case
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 guide	nmod:poss
11	guide	guide	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 betide	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 betide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betide	can	no harm	you					tree rules
2	is	present	you					with your guide	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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