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title: causeth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «causeth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «causeth» means «causes», a form of «cause»: What makes something happen. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# causeth

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**Who acts:** something, cause, he, woman, bitterness, water · **What happens:** cause, mean, make, happen, form, be · **To what, where:** causes, something, cause, candle, fire, woman · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«causeth» means «causes», a form of «cause»: What makes something happen.

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:causeth:m1:1
# text = «causeth» means «causes», a form of «cause»: What makes something happen.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	causeth	cause	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	causes	cause	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	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
17	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
18	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	obj	_	_
19	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | causes |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic |
| 3 | **make** | present |  | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **happen** | infinitive | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **form** |  |  | cause |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"The cause of the fire was a candle."

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:causeth:m1e:1
# text = "The cause of the fire was a candle."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the cause of the fire | a candle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cause** *in a quote* |  |  | the fire |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.

<!-- .note -->
From Torah NUM.5.24, JPS 1917.

<!-- fold The tree, 29 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:causeth:x1:1
# text = And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	bitterness	bitterness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	causeth	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
20	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	causeth	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
26	into	into	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	conj	_	_
30	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | shall | he | the woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drink** | infinitive | the woman *not said here* | the water of bitterness |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 3 | **cause** | present | bitterness | the curse |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition curse=Patient |
| 4 | **cause** | present | the water | the curse |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition curse=Patient |
| 5 | **enter** | shall | the water |  |  |  |  | into woman | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into she=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **become** | infinitive | the water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bitter *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to fall away'; and the woman shall say: 'Amen, Amen.'

<!-- .note -->
From Torah NUM.5.22, JPS 1917.

<!-- fold The tree, 31 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:causeth:x2:1
# text = and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to fall away'; and the woman shall say: 'Amen, Amen.'
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	causeth	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	bowels	bowel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
16	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	swell	swell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	thigh	thigh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	acl	_	_
26	away	away	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
32	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
35	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	Amen	amen	INTJ	UH	_	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
38	Amen	amen	INTJ	UH	_	33	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | this water | the curse |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition curse=Patient |
| 2 | **go** | shall | this water |  |  | thy bowels |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into bowel=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **make** | infinitive |  | thy belly |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset belly=Product |
| 4 | **swell** | to-infinitive |  | thy belly *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 5 | **fall away** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | the woman |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent amen=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which the LORD thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.

<!-- .note -->
From Torah DEU.19.3, JPS 1917.

<!-- fold The tree, 31 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:causeth:x3:1
# text = Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which the LORD thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	prepare	prepare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	divide	divide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	obj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
19	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
21	causeth	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
22	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	21	obj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	inherit	inherit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	into	into	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	28	nummod	_	_
28	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	obj	_	_
31	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	32	det	_	_
32	manslayer	manslayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
33	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	flee	flee	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	acl:relcl	_	_
35	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepare** | shall | Thou | thee |  |  |  | the way *obl:unmarked* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient |
| 2 | **divide** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | the borders of thy land |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent border=Theme |
| 3 | **cause** | present | the LORD | the borders of thy land |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer which=Theme thou=Eventuality |
| 4 | **inherit** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | three parts |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
| 5 | **flee** | may | every manslayer | three parts |  |  |  | thither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Initial\_Location |

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