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title: consumeth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «consumeth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «consumeth» means «consumes», a form of «consume»: (formal) To eat or drink something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# consumeth

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**Who acts:** form, Thou, them, wrath · **What happens:** consume, mean, eat, drink, overthrow, rise up · **To what, where:** something, greatness, Thee, wrath, them · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«consumeth» means «consumes», a form of «consume»: (formal) To eat or drink something.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:consumeth:m1:1
# text = «consumeth» means «consumes», a form of «consume»: (formal) To eat or drink something.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	consumeth	consume	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	consumes	consume	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	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	consume	consume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	_
19	To	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	conj	_	_
23	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **consume** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **consume** *in a quote* | infinitive | a form *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **drink** | infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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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And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.

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From Torah EXO.15.7, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:consumeth:x1:1
# text = And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	greatness	greatness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	excellency	excellency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nsubj	_	_
9	overthrowest	overthrow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	rise	rise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	against	against	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	nsubj	_	_
18	sendest	send	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
19	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	wrath	wrath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	consumeth	consume	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
25	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	as	as	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	stubble	stubble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overthrow** | present | Thou |  |  | the greatness of Thine excellency |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rise up** | present | them *= they* |  |  | Thee |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against thou=Location |
| 3 | **send** | present | Thou | Thy wrath |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrath=Theme |
| 4 | **consume** | present | wrath | them *= they* |  |  |  | as stubble | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset |

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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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