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title: giveth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «giveth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «giveth» means «gives», 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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# giveth

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**Who acts:** Naphtali, man, priest, Thou, LORD · **What happens:** give, mean, be, have, hallow, not sacrifice · **To what, where:** something, present, hind let loose, goodly words, man, whatsoever · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«giveth» means «gives», 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:giveth:m1:1
# text = «giveth» means «gives», a form of «give»: To give is to let someone have something of yours: give a present.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	giveth	give	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	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	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	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	To	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	ccomp	_	_
21	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	20	obj	_	_
22	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
23	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	22	obj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
27	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	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* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

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From Torah GEN.49.21, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:giveth:x1:1
# text = Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
1	Naphtali	Naphtali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	let	let	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	loose	loose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	giveth	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	goodly	goodly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Naphtali | a hind let loose |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | Naphtali | goodly words |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

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From Torah NUM.5.10, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:giveth:x2:1
# text = And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	hallowed	hallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
12	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	giveth	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
19	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	cop	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hallow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | shall |  | man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | present | any man | whatsoever |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent whatsoever=Recipient priest=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | shall | priest | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover-offering within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee;

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From Torah DEU.16.5, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:giveth:x3:1
# text = Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover-offering within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee;
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
2	mayest	may	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	sacrifice	sacrifice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	passover	passover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	offering	offer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	obj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
18	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
20	giveth	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
21	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sacrifice** | may | Thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **offer** | gerund | Thou *not said here* |  |  |  |  | within any | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **give** | present | the LORD | thy gates |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent which=Recipient thou=Theme |

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