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title: gavest — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gavest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «gavest» means «you gave», a form of «give»: To give is to let someone have something of yours: give a present. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gavest

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**Who acts:** you, form, man, Thou, woman, I · **What happens:** give, mean, be, have, say, eat · **To what, where:** form, something, present, woman, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«gavest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: [gavest in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/gavest.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«gavest» means «you gave», a form of «give»: To give is to let someone have something of yours: give a present.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:gavest:m1:1
# text = «gavest» means «you gave», a form of «give»: To give is to let someone have something of yours: give a present.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	gavest	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|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	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	To	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	ccomp	_	_
22	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	21	obj	_	_
23	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	23	obj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
28	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **give** *in a quote* | past | you | a form |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme |
| 4 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | a form *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **give** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | let *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **have** | infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient |
| 8 | **give** | infinitive |  | a present |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=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 the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.'

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From Torah GEN.3.12, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:gavest:x1:1
# text = And the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	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	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
9	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
10	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	11	nsubj	_	_
11	gavest	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
19	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	iobj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
25	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
26	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the man |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | past | Thou | the woman |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with me | tree rules |
| 4 | **give** | past | woman |  | me |  |  | of the tree | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 5 | **eat** | past · do-support | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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