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title: exceeding — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «exceeding» in the Early Modern English dictionary: very great or to a great degree. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# exceeding

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**Who acts:** LORD, Gomorrah, sin, Sodom, villain, I · **What happens:** say, be, exceed, cry, not prosper, make · **To what, where:** villainy, thee, nations · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
very great or to a great degree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:exceeding:m1:1
# text = very great or to a great degree.
1	very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And the LORD said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding grievous.

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From Torah GEN.18.20, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:exceeding:x1:1
# text = And the LORD said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding grievous.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
6	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Verily	verily	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Sodom	Sodom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	Gomorrah	Gomorrah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
20	verily	verily	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
26	grievous	grievous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Gomorrah |  |  |  |  | great *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **exceed** | present · progressive | their sin |  |  |  |  | grievous, verily *property* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **cry** |  | Sodom |  |  |  |  |  | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"The villain, though exceeding clever, Shall prosper not by his villainy.

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From Indian Fairy Tales.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:exceeding:x2:1
# text = "The villain, though exceeding clever, Shall prosper not by his villainy.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	villain	villain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	appos	_	_
7	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	Shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	prosper	prosper	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	villainy	villainy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exceed** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **not** **prosper** *in a quote* | shall | the villain | villain's villainy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

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From Torah GEN.17.6, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:exceeding:x3:1
# text = And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	obj	_	_
6	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	fruitful	fruitful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
19	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
21	out	out	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | future | I | thee |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Product |
| 2 | **exceed** | gerund | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fruitful *property* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **make** | future | I | nations of thee |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nation=Product |
| 4 | **come out** | shall | kings | thee |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient thou=Result |

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