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title: fighteth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fighteth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «fighteth» means «fights», a form of «fight». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fighteth

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**Who acts:** Ye, LORD, He, wheels, Egyptians, us · **What happens:** fight, mean, form, be, hurt, use · **To what, where:** fights, fight, someone, body, them, chariot wheels · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«fighteth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [fighteth in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/fighteth.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«fighteth» means «fights», a form of «fight».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:fighteth:m1:1
# text = «fighteth» means «fights», a form of «fight».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	fighteth	fight	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	fights	fight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | fights |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Topic |
| 3 | **form** |  |  | fight |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=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.

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The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To fight is to try to hurt someone using your body or weapons.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:fighteth:m1e:1
# text = To fight is to try to hurt someone using your body or weapons.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | try *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hurt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Patient |
| 4 | **use** | gerund |  | your body or weapons |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Ye shall not fear them; for the LORD your God, He it is that fighteth for you.'

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From Torah DEU.3.22, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:fighteth:x1:1
# text = Ye shall not fear them; for the LORD your God, He it is that fighteth for you.'
1	Ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	fear	fear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	amod	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	fighteth	fight	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fear** | shall | Ye | them *= they* |  |  |  | your LORD God *vocative* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | LORD |  |  |  |  | for you; fight *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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And He took off their chariot wheels, and made them to drive heavily; so that the Egyptians said: 'Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.'

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From Torah EXO.14.25, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:fighteth:x2:1
# text = And He took off their chariot wheels, and made them to drive heavily; so that the Egyptians said: 'Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.'
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	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
14	heavily	heavily	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	20	mark	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Egyptians	Egyptian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
20	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
22	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	Let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	ccomp	_	_
24	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	flee	flee	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
26	from	from	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
32	for	for	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
35	fighteth	fight	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
36	for	for	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	obl	_	_
38	against	against	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	Egyptians	Egyptian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | past | He | their chariot wheels |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheel=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past |  | wheels *= wheel* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **drive** | to-infinitive | wheels *= wheel* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | heavily *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Egyptians |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **let** | infinitive |  | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **flee** | infinitive | us *not said here* |  |  | the face of Israel |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from face=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **fight** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for the LORD; for Egyptians *= egyptian*; against the Egyptians | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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