betwixt

Who acts: Betwixt, steep mountain, I, river · What happens: mean, lie, be, grow, run · To what, where: two villages

«betwixt» 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: betwixt in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Betwixt means between: in the middle of two things or people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	between	between	ADP	_	2 means	obj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 middle	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 middle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 middle	det
7	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 things	case
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 things	nummod
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 middle	nmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 people	cc
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 things	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Betwixt						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent between=Topic

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

A steep mountain lay betwixt them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mountain	det
2	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mountain	amod
3	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lay	nsubj
4	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lay	xcomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 betwixt	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	a steep mountain					betwixt property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

I am betwixt and between: not a child, not yet a grown-up.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 betwixt	nsubj
2	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 betwixt	cop
3	betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 between	cc
5	between	between	ADP	_	3 betwixt	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 child	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 child	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 betwixt	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 up	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 up	advmod
12	yet	yet	ADV	_	16 up	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 up	det
14	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 up	amod
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 up	punct
16	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 child	appos
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 betwixt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	I					betwixt property	tree rules
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The river ran betwixt the two villages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 river	det
2	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ran	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 villages	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 villages	nummod
7	villages	village	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ran	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the river	the two villages				betwixt property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme village=Trajectory

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