twill
Who acts: Twill, I, you · What happens: be, use, part, break, agree · To what, where: old short form, fairy tales, heart
«twill» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: twill in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
'Twill is an old short form of «it will», used in fairy tales and old stories.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 form | punct |
| 2 | Twill | twill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 form | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 form | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 form | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 form | amod |
| 6 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 form | amod |
| 7 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 11 will | mark |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 will | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 will | nsubj |
| 11 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 form | aux |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 will | punct |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 used | punct |
| 14 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 form | parataxis |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 tales | case |
| 16 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 tales | compound |
| 17 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 used | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 stories | cc |
| 19 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 stories | amod |
| 20 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 tales | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 form | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Twill | a old short form | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | use | participle | fairy tales and old stories | vn eat-39.1 «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.
Example 1
If I must part from him, 'twill break my heart.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 part | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 part | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 part | aux |
| 4 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 break | advcl |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 part | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 part | punct |
| 8 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 twill | punct |
| 9 | twill | twill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 break | nsubj |
| 10 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 heart | nmod:poss |
| 12 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 break | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 break | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part a condition, not said to happen | must | I | from him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | break | infinitive | twill | my heart | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer heart=Patient |
Example 2
'Twill be to your profit if you agree.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 profit | punct |
| 2 | Twill | twill | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 profit | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 profit | cop |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 profit | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 profit | nmod:poss |
| 6 | profit | profit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 agree | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 agree | nsubj |
| 9 | agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 profit | advcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 profit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | to your profit | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | agree speech: agree a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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