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title: entreat — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «entreat» in the Early Modern English dictionary: to ask someone very earnestly, pleading with them to change their mind or grant something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# entreat

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**Who acts:** their, Moses, Koshchei, he · **What happens:** ask, plead, change, mind, go out, entreat · **To what, where:** someone, mind, Pharaoh, LORD, Prince Ivan · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«entreat» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, 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: [entreat in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/entreat.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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to ask someone very earnestly, pleading with them to change their mind or grant something.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:entreat:m1:1
# text = to ask someone very earnestly, pleading with them to change their mind or grant something.
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	earnestly	earnestly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	pleading	plead	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	grant	grant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  | someone |  |  | earnestly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient |
| 2 | **plead** *speech: request* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with them *= they* | tree rules |
| 3 | **change** | to-infinitive |  | their mind or grant |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient |
| 4 | **mind** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.

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From Torah EXO.8.30, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:entreat:x1:1
# text = And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	entreated	entreat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | past | Moses |  |  | Pharaoh |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **entreat** | past | Moses *not said here* |  | the LORD |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Then Koshchei entreated Prince Ivan, saying,--

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From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:entreat:x2:1
# text = Then Koshchei entreated Prince Ivan, saying,--
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	entreated	entreat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entreat** | past | Koshchei |  | Prince Ivan |  | then |  | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ivan=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Koshchei *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.

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From Torah EXO.10.18, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:entreat:x3:1
# text = And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	entreated	entreat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | past | he |  |  | Pharaoh |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **entreat** | past | he *not said here* |  | the LORD |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Recipient |

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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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