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title: everlasting — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «everlasting» in the Early Modern English dictionary: lasting forever, without any end. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# everlasting

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**Who acts:** author, first intelligent, progression · **What happens:** last, maintain, be, exist, produce, cause · **To what, where:** everlasting entity, things

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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lasting forever, without any end.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:everlasting:m1:1
# text = lasting forever, without any end.
1	lasting	last	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | gerund |  |  |  |  | without any end | forever *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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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 for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

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From Torah DEU.33.15, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:everlasting:x1:1
# text = And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tops	top	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	everlasting	everlasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Dear me! what an everlasting pity!

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From Tanglewood Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:everlasting:x2:1
# text = Dear me! what an everlasting pity!
1	Dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
2	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	everlasting	everlasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 3 {#x3}

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1) Our author maintains that there is a first intelligent, self-existing, almighty, eternal ruling cause of all things, and that an everlasting entity produced nonentities by a progression of effects.

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:everlasting:x3:1
# text = 1) Our author maintains that there is a first intelligent, self-existing, almighty, eternal ruling cause of all things, and that an everlasting entity produced nonentities by a progression of effects.
1	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	maintains	maintain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	_
8	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	intelligent	intelligent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	existing	exist	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	almighty	almighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	eternal	eternal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
20	ruling	ruling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	parataxis	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	24	det	_	_
24	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
28	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	everlasting	everlasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	entity	entity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj:pass	_	_
31	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	_
32	nonentities	nonentity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	_
33	by	by	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	progression	progression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	effects	effect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **maintain** | present | Our author |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **be** | present | a first intelligent |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **exist** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **produce** | participle · passive | a progression of effects | a everlasting entity |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **cause** |  |  | all things |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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