mayhap

Who acts: Mayhap, it, guess, thou · What happens: mean, be, happen, do, say, find · To what, where: old word, Mayhap, treasure, them, danger · Speech: someone speaks here

«mayhap» 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: mayhap in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Mayhap means perhaps or maybe; it is an old word for a guess about what may happen.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mayhap	Mayhap	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 maybe	cc
5	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	3 perhaps	conj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 word	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 word	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 word	cop
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 word	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 word	amod
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 guess	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 guess	det
14	guess	guess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 word	nmod
15	about	about	SCONJ	_	18 happen	mark
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 happen	nsubj
17	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 happen	aux
18	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 guess	acl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Mayhap		perhaps property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	a old word	for a guess	tree rules
3	happen	may	a guess			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Example 1

Mayhap thou wilt do so, said she.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mayhap	Mayhap	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
2	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	4 do	nsubj
3	wilt	will	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Mayhap	acl:relcl
5	so	so	ADV	_	4 do	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mayhap	punct
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	future	thou	Mayhap not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mayhap=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	past	Mayhap						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Mayhap under the stones you will find a treasure.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mayhap	Mayhap	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 find	nsubj
2	under	under	ADP	_	4 stones	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stones	det
4	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Mayhap	nmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 find	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 find	aux
7	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 treasure	det
9	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 find	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	future	Mayhap under the stones	a treasure					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Topic

Example 3

Mayhap it will save them from danger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mayhap	Mayhap	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 save	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 save	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 save	aux
4	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 save	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 danger	case
7	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 save	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 save	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	future	Mayhap	them = they		danger			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from danger=Source

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