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title: even — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «even» in the Early Modern English dictionary: exactly or just; 'even as' means 'just as'. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# even

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**Who acts:** LORD, She, translations · **What happens:** mean, command, do, not understand, be, find · **To what, where:** Moses, daughters, print, regulated libraries · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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exactly or just; 'even as' means 'just as'.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:even:m1:1
# text = exactly or just; 'even as' means 'just as'.
1	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	as	as	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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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Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad.

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From Torah NUM.36.10, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:even:x1:1
# text = Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad.
1	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Zelophehad	Zelophehad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | past | the LORD | Moses |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent moses=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | the LORD *not said here* | the daughters of Zelophehad |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She did not understand even now.

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From Peter Pan.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:even:x2:1
# text = She did not understand even now.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **understand** | past · do-support | She |  |  |  | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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All these translations are out of print and are rarely found even in well regulated libraries.

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:even:x3:1
# text = All these translations are out of print and are rarely found even in well regulated libraries.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	translations	translation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	print	print	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	rarely	rarely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
15	regulated	regulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	libraries	library	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all translations |  |  | print |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | present · passive | all translations *not said here* |  |  | regulated libraries |  | rarely *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» |
| 3 | **regulate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |

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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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