smite

Who acts: knight, Shame · What happens: smite, be, defeat, hold, try · To what, where: enemy, Troll, sword, dragon, friend

«smite» 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: smite in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

To smite is to hit hard with a blow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 smite	mark
2	smite	smite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hit	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hit	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hit	mark
5	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 hit	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 blow	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 blow	det
9	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hit	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smite	to-infinitive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present						with a blow; hard, hit 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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

To smite is to strike down or defeat an enemy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 smite	mark
2	smite	smite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 strike	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 strike	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 strike	mark
5	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 strike	compound:prt
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 defeat	cc
8	defeat	defeat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 strike	conj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 enemy	det
10	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 defeat	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 strike	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	smite	to-infinitive			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present		strike property	tree rules
3	defeat	infinitive	a enemy		tree rules

Example 1

Lay hold of the sword and smite the Troll dead.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lay	lay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hold	amod
2	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sword	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sword	det
5	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hold	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 smite	cc
7	smite	smite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hold	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Troll	det
9	Troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smite	obj
10	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 smite	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smite	infinitive		the Troll				dead property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus troll=Experiencer
2	hold			the sword					nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

The knight smote the dragon with his sword.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knight	det
2	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smote	nsubj
3	smote	smite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dragon	det
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smote	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 sword	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sword	nmod:poss
8	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dragon	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 smote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smite	past	the knight	the dragon				with knight's sword	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient with sword=Instrument

Example 3

Shame on you for trying to smite my friend.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 you	case
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Shame	nmod
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 trying	mark
5	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Shame	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 smite	mark
7	smite	smite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 trying	xcomp
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 friend	nmod:poss
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smite	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Shame	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	gerund	Shame on you not said here						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	smite not said to happen	to-infinitive	Shame on you not said here	my friend					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus friend=Experiencer

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