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title: begot — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «begot» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Became the father of. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# begot

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**Who acts:** Jokshan, Enosh, Kenan · **What happens:** become, beget, live · **To what, where:** father, Sheba, Kenan, Mahalalel

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Became the father of.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:begot:m1:1
# text = Became the father of.
1	Became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past |  | the father |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And Jokshan begot Sheba, and Dedan.

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From Torah GEN.25.3, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:begot:x1:1
# text = And Jokshan begot Sheba, and Dedan.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Jokshan	Jokshan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	begot	beget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Sheba	Sheba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Dedan	Dedan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beget** | past | Jokshan | Sheba |  |  |  | Dedan *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheba=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.

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From Torah GEN.5.9, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:begot:x2:1
# text = And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Enosh	Enosh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	begot	beget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	Kenan	Kenan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Enosh |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **beget** | past | Enosh *not said here* | Kenan |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kenan=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.

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From Torah GEN.5.12, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:begot:x3:1
# text = And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Kenan	Kenan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	begot	beget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	Mahalalel	Mahalalel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Kenan |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **beget** | past | Kenan *not said here* | Mahalalel |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mahalalel=Patient |

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