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

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**Who acts:** you, Thou · **What happens:** cover, mean, form, be, hide, protect · **To what, where:** cover, thing, thee, thyself · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«coverest» means «you cover», a form of «cover».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:coverest:m1:1
# text = «coverest» means «you cover», a form of «cover».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	coverest	cover	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|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	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cover	cover	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **cover** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **form** |  |  | cover |  |  |  |  | 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 cover is to put something over another thing to hide or protect it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:coverest:m1e:1
# text = To cover is to put something over another thing to hide or protect it.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | another thing |  | put *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **protect** | infinitive |  | thing |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Thou shalt make thee twisted cords upon the four corners of thy covering, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

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From Torah DEU.22.12, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:coverest:x1:1
# text = Thou shalt make thee twisted cords upon the four corners of thy covering, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
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	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	obj	_	_
5	twisted	twisted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	corners	corner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	covering	covering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	wherewith	wherewith	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
16	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	nsubj	_	_
17	coverest	cover	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
18	thyself	thyself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | shall | Thou | thee |  |  |  | upon the four corners of thy covering | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset thou=Beneficiary cord=Product |
| 2 | **cover** | present | thou | thyself |  |  |  | wherewith *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thyself=Destination |

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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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