forbear

Who acts: I, king · What happens: forbear, be, do, refrain, punish, open · To what, where: something, them, golden door, last cake, boy

«forbear» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: forbear in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use, in fairy tales — kept apart, not parsed.

To forbear is to hold back from doing something; to refrain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 forbear	mark
2	forbear	forbear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 hold	conj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hold	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hold	mark
5	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 hold	advmod
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 doing	mark
8	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hold	advcl
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 doing	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 refrain	punct
11	to	to	PART	_	12 refrain	mark
12	refrain	refrain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 hold	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forbear	to-infinitive			vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		hold property	tree rules
3	do	gerund	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
4	refrain	to-infinitive			vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

To forbear is to be patient and gentle with someone instead of punishing them.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 forbear	mark
2	forbear	forbear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 patient	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 patient	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	6 patient	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 patient	cop
6	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gentle	cc
8	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 patient	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 someone	case
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 patient	obl
11	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 punishing	mark
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 instead	fixed
13	punishing	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 someone	acl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 punishing	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 patient	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forbear	to-infinitive			vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		with someone; patient property	tree rules
3	be				tree rules
4	punish	gerund	them = they		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Example 1

Forbear to open the golden door.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forbear	forbear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 open	mark
3	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Forbear	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 door	amod
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 open	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Forbear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	to-infinitive		the golden door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme

Example 2

I must forbear from eating the last cake.

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 forbear	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 forbear	aux
3	forbear	forbear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 eating	mark
5	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 forbear	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cake	det
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cake	amod
8	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eating	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 forbear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbear	must	I						vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	gerund	I not said here	the last cake					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient

Example 3

The king forbore to punish the boy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbore	nsubj
3	forbore	forbear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 punish	mark
5	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forbore	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 punish	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 forbore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbear	past	the king						tree rules
2	punish	to-infinitive	the king not said here	the boy					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient

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