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title: careth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «careth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «careth» means «cares», a form of «care»: To care is to feel that someone or something matters to you: «I care about my friends». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# careth

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**Who acts:** someone, I, LORD, eyes · **What happens:** care, mean, be, matter, form, begin · **To what, where:** cares, you, care, land, year · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«careth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: [careth in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/careth.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«careth» means «cares», a form of «care»: To care is to feel that someone or something matters to you: «I care about my friends».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:careth:m1:1
# text = «careth» means «cares», a form of «care»: To care is to feel that someone or something matters to you: «I care about my friends».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	careth	care	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	cares	care	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	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	To	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	care	care	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
22	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	25	nsubj	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	22	conj	_	_
25	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	ccomp	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
29	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	care	care	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
32	about	about	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | cares |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Topic |
| 3 | **care** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | feel *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **matter** | present | someone |  | you |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to you=Experiencer |
| 6 | **care** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | about my friends | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about friend=Stimulus |
| 7 | **form** |  |  | care |  |  |  |  | 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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a land which the LORD thy God careth for; the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

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From Torah DEU.11.12, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:careth:x1:1
# text = a land which the LORD thy God careth for; the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
8	careth	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
18	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	21	advmod	_	_
20	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	from	from	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	beginning	beginning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	even	even	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
30	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present | the LORD | a land and the beginning of the year |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the eyes of the LORD  thy God |  |  |  |  | upon it; always *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **begin** |  |  | the year |  |  |  |  | nom beginning «event transitive»: of=patient |

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