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title: betwixt — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «betwixt» in the Early Modern English dictionary: In the middle of two things or people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# betwixt

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**Who acts:** he, three days, It, that, you, brethren · **What happens:** set, journey, mean, be, judge · **To what, where:** journey, it, brethren

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In the middle of two things or people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:betwixt:m1:1
# text = In the middle of two things or people.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob.

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From Torah GEN.30.36, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:betwixt:x1:1
# text = And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
9	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | he | three days's journey |  |  |  | betwixt *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient journey=Result |
| 2 | **journey** |  | three days |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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It means betwixt and between, and that is just where I am.

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From The Jungle Book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:betwixt:x2:1
# text = It means betwixt and between, and that is just where I am.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	2	conj	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  | betwixt *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.

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From Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:betwixt:x3:1
# text = Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.
1	Set	set	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	judge	judge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
15	betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
17	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | my brethren and thy brethren; here |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme before brethren=Destination |
| 2 | **judge** | may | brethren |  |  |  |  | betwixt *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent |

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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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