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title: bead — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bead» in the Early Modern English dictionary: A small ball with a hole through it; in older English also a prayer. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bead

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**Who acts:** Tenth Path, Intelligence, She · **What happens:** hang, be, exalt, sit, speak, wear · **To what, where:** Perspiration, brow, Resplendent Intelligence, Intelligence, bead, Tenth Path · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A small ball with a hole through it; in older English also a prayer.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:bead:m1:1
# text = A small ball with a hole through it; in older English also a prayer.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
13	also	also	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Perspiration hung like beads on his brow.

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From Old Indian Legends.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:bead:x1:1
# text = Perspiration hung like beads on his brow.
1	Perspiration	perspiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	beads	bead	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	brow	brow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | participle |  | Perspiration *not said here* |  | his brow |  | like beads | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on brow=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The Tenth Path is the Resplendent Intelligence, because it is exalted above every bead, and sits on the throne of BINAH (the Intelligence spoken of in the Third Path).

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:bead:x2:1
# text = The Tenth Path is the Resplendent Intelligence, because it is exalted above every bead, and sits on the throne of BINAH (the Intelligence spoken of in the Third Path).
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Tenth	tenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Path	Path	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Resplendent	Resplendent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Intelligence	Intelligence	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	exalted	exalt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
13	above	above	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	bead	bead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	BINAH	BINAH	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Intelligence	Intelligence	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	parataxis	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	Third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	32	amod	_	_
32	Path	Path	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the Resplendent Intelligence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **exalt** | present · passive | the Tenth Path *not said here* | Intelligence |  | every bead |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 3 | **sit** | present |  | the Tenth Path |  | the throne of BINAH |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | the Intelligence |  |  |  |  | of the Third Path | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She wore a silk dress, golden bracelets, and large amber beads.

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From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:bead:x3:1
# text = She wore a silk dress, golden bracelets, and large amber beads.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bracelets	bracelet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	amber	amber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	beads	bead	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | She | a silk dress and golden bracelets |  |  |  | large amber beads *obl* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme |

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