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title: aught — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «aught» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Anything at all. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# aught

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**Who acts:** whosoever, aught, you, seed · **What happens:** bear, wash, be, say, know, fall · **To what, where:** clothes, thou, sowing seed · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«aught» in the Early Modern English 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: [aught in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/aught.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Anything at all.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:aught:m1:1
# text = Anything at all.
1	Anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

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From Torah LEV.11.25, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:aught:x1:1
# text = And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	whosoever	whosoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	beareth	bear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	aught	aught	PRON	NN	PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	carcass	carcass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
17	unclean	unclean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
18	until	until	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	even	even	ADV	RB	_	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present | whosoever |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **wash** | shall | aught | his clothes |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | infinitive | aught *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unclean *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Say, knowest thou aught of Mabon?"

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From Celtic Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:aught:x2:1
# text = Say, knowest thou aught of Mabon?"
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	knowest	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	obj	_	_
5	aught	aught	PRON	NN	PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Mabon	Mabon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | present |  | thou |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

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From Torah LEV.11.37, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:aught:x3:1
# text = And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	aught	aught	PRON	NN	PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	carcass	carcass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
10	sowing	sowing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	sown	sow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | aught |  |  | any sowing seed |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon seed=Location |
| 2 | **sow** | present · passive | aught *not said here* | any sowing seed |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | seed |  |  |  |  | clean *property* | tree rules |

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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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