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title: consulteth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «consulteth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «consulteth» means «consults», a form of «consult»: To go to someone for advice or information: consult a doctor. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# consulteth

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**What happens:** consult, mean, go, form · **To what, where:** someone, doctor, consult, ghost · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«consulteth» means «consults», a form of «consult»: To go to someone for advice or information: consult a doctor.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:consulteth:m1:1
# text = «consulteth» means «consults», a form of «consult»: To go to someone for advice or information: consult a doctor.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	consulteth	consult	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	consults	consult	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	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	consult	consult	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	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	obl	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
25	consult	consult	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consult** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **consult** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | someone |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to someone=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **consult** | infinitive |  | a doctor |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Theme |
| 6 | **form** |  |  | consult |  |  |  |  | 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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or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.

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From Torah DEU.18.11, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:consulteth:x1:1
# text = or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.
1	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	charmer	charmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	appos	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	consulteth	consult	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	familiar	familiar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	necromancer	necromancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consult** | present |  | a ghost or a familiar spirit or a necromancer |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ghost=Theme |

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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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