writ

Who acts: writ, court, they, rhyme, words · What happens: write, be, mean, form, send, say · To what, where: formal written order, court, write, writ, farmer, wall · Speech: someone speaks here

«writ» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: writ in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A writ is a formal written order from a court of law.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 writ	det
2	writ	writ	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 order	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 order	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 order	det
5	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 order	amod
6	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 order	amod
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 court	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 court	det
10	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 order	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 law	case
12	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 court	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 order	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	a writ	a formal written order		a court of law			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, in tales and rhymes — kept apart, not parsed.

Writ means written, the old past form of write.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writ	writ	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 form	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 form	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 form	amod
7	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 form	amod
8	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 write	case
10	write	write	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 form	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	Writ		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	write not said to happen	participle	Writ not said here		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	form			write	nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

The court sent a writ to the farmer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 court	det
2	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 writ	det
5	writ	writ	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 farmer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 farmer	det
8	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the court	a writ	the farmer				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent writ=Theme to farmer=Destination

Example 2

"When they're writ upon your back," the rhyme says, meaning written there.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 writ	punct
2	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 writ	advmod
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 writ	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 writ	cop
5	writ	writ	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	ccomp
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 back	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 back	nmod:poss
8	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 writ	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 writ	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rhyme	det
12	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 meaning	punct
15	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 says	advcl
16	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 meaning	xcomp
17	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 written	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	they	writ		upon your back	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the rhyme				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	mean	gerund	the rhyme not said here				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	write not said to happen	participle	the rhyme not said here		there		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The words were writ large on the wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 words	det
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 large	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 large	cop
4	writ	writ	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 large	compound
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 wall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wall	det
8	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 large	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 large	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the words			the wall		large property	tree rules

Example 4

Nothing for maths.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 maths	case
3	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nothing	nmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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