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title: approacheth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «approacheth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «approacheth» means «approaches», a form of «approach». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# approacheth

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**Who acts:** train · **What happens:** approach, mean, form, come · **To what, where:** approaches, approach, someone, platform · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«approacheth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil, 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: [approacheth in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/approacheth.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«approacheth» means «approaches», a form of «approach».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:approacheth:m1:1
# text = «approacheth» means «approaches», a form of «approach».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	approacheth	approach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	approaches	approach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **approach** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | approaches |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent approach=Topic |
| 3 | **form** |  |  | approach |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

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To approach means to come nearer to someone or something («The train is approaching the platform»).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:approacheth:m1e:1
# text = To approach means to come nearer to someone or something («The train is approaching the platform»).
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	approach	approach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	conj	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	approaching	approach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	acl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **approach** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | someone |  | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to someone=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **approach** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the train | the platform |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent platform=Theme |

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**Text:** the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. **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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