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

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**Who acts:** piece, Aaron · **What happens:** dress, mean, form, cover, wear, burn · **To what, where:** dresses, dress, body, shoulders, one piece, incense · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«dresseth» means «dresses», a form of «dress».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:dresseth:m1:1
# text = «dresseth» means «dresses», a form of «dress».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	dresseth	dress	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	dresses	dress	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	dress	dress	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 | **dress** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | dresses |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Topic |
| 3 | **form** |  |  | dress |  |  |  |  | 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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A piece of clothing that covers the body from the shoulders down to the legs, in one piece, often worn by girls and women.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:dresseth:m1e:1
# text = A piece of clothing that covers the body from the shoulders down to the legs, in one piece, often worn by girls and women.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	covers	cover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	down	down	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	often	often	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
23	by	by	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl:agent	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present | a piece of clothing | the body |  | the shoulders |  | to the legs in one piece | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme body=Destination |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | one piece *not said here* |  |  |  | often *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices; every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it.

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From Torah EXO.30.7, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:dresseth:x1:1
# text = And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices; every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	Aaron	Aaron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	thereon	thereon	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	spices	spice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	dresseth	dress	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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 | **burn** | shall | Aaron | incense of sweet spices |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent incense=Theme |
| 2 | **dress** | present | Aaron | the lamps |  |  | morning |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Patient |
| 3 | **burn** | shall | Aaron | incense |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=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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