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title: confirmeth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «confirmeth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «confirmeth» means «confirms», a form of «confirm». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# confirmeth

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**Who acts:** it · **What happens:** confirm, mean, form, be, say, curse · **To what, where:** confirms, confirm, something, he, words, law · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«confirmeth» means «confirms», a form of «confirm».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:confirmeth:m1:1
# text = «confirmeth» means «confirms», a form of «confirm».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	confirmeth	confirm	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	confirms	confirm	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	confirm	confirm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confirm** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | confirms |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confirm=Topic |
| 3 | **form** |  |  | confirm |  |  |  |  | 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.

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The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

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To confirm something is to show or say that it is definitely true or correct.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:confirmeth:m1e:1
# text = To confirm something is to show or say that it is definitely true or correct.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	confirm	confirm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confirm** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot something=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | show *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | definitely, true *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** *speech: disagree* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them.

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From Torah DEU.27.26, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:confirmeth:x1:1
# text = Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them.
1	Cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	confirmeth	confirm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | infinitive |  | he |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **confirm** | present |  | the words of this law |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot word=Topic |
| 4 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | words *= word* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality |
| 5 | **word** |  |  | this law |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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