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title: expired — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «expired» in the Early Modern English dictionary: dead; passed away. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# expired

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**Who acts:** Abraham, she, straightway, public domain book · **What happens:** pass away, expire, die, gather, return, buy · **To what, where:** coffin, one, legal copyright term

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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dead; passed away.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:expired:m1:1
# text = dead; passed away.
1	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass away** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

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From Torah GEN.25.8, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:expired:x1:1
# text = And Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	expired	expire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	gathered	gather	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expire** | past | Abraham |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **die** | past | Abraham *not said here* |  |  |  | in a good old age and a old man |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in age=Attribute |
| 3 | **gather** | past · passive | Abraham *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to Abraham's people | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle» |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Then she returned home, bought a coffin, lay down in it, and straightway expired.

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:expired:x2:1
# text = Then she returned home, bought a coffin, lay down in it, and straightway expired.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	down	down	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	straightway	straightway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	expired	expire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | she |  |  |  | then | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **buy** | past | she *not said here* | a coffin |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coffin=Theme |
| 3 | **lay down** | infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  | coffin |  | down *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in it=Destination |
| 4 | **expire** | participle | straightway |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired.

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:expired:x3:1
# text = A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	domain	domain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	subject	subject	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	copyright	copyright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
14	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	17	nmod:poss	_	_
15	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	copyright	copyright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	expired	expire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a public domain book | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to copyright; subject *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **expire** | present · perfect · passive |  | legal copyright term |  |  |  |  | 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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