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title: defiledst — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «defiledst» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «defiledst» means «you defiled», a form of «defile»: (noun) A defile is a narrow path or valley between high rocks or hills, where only a few can pass at a time. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# defiledst

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**Who acts:** you, noun, few, thou, he · **What happens:** defile, mean, be, pass, form, have · **To what, where:** form, narrow path, defile, thou · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«defiledst» means «you defiled», a form of «defile»: (noun) A defile is a narrow path or valley between high rocks or hills, where only a few can pass at a time.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:defiledst:m1:1
# text = «defiledst» means «you defiled», a form of «defile»: (noun) A defile is a narrow path or valley between high rocks or hills, where only a few can pass at a time.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	defiledst	defile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|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	defiled	defile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|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	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	defile	defile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
17	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	_
20	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	defile	defile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
28	between	between	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	_
31	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
34	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	39	advmod	_	_
35	only	only	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	nsubj	_	_
38	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
40	at	at	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defile** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **defile** *in a quote* | past | you | a form of defile |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | noun | a narrow path or valley |  |  |  | between high rocks or hills | tree rules |
| 5 | **pass** | can | a few |  |  |  | time |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **form** |  |  | defile |  |  |  |  | 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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Unstable as water, have not thou the excellency; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it — he went up to my couch.

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From Torah GEN.49.4, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:defiledst:x1:1
# text = Unstable as water, have not thou the excellency; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it — he went up to my couch.
1	Unstable	unstable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	case	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nsubj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	excellency	excellency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nsubj	_	_
13	wentest	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
21	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	22	advmod	_	_
22	defiledst	defile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
23	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	22	obj	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
25	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
28	up	up	ADP	RP	_	27	compound:prt	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	couch	couch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present |  |  |  |  |  | unstable water | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **excellency** |  | thou |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go up** | past | thou |  |  |  |  | to thy father's bed | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **defile** | past |  | thou |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **go up** | past | he |  |  |  |  | to my couch | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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