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title: glory — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «glory» in the Early Modern English dictionary: great brightness, splendour and honour, especially of God; praise given to God. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# glory

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**Who acts:** he, I, Thy, glory, Thirteenth · **What happens:** give, say, show, pray, glory, be · **To what, where:** praise, God, glory, me, Thee, Thirteenth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
great brightness, splendour and honour, especially of God; praise given to God.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:glory:m1:1
# text = great brightness, splendour and honour, especially of God; praise given to God.
1	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	brightness	brightness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	splendour	splendour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
13	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | praise *not said here* | God |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to god=Recipient |

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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 he said: 'Show me, I pray Thee, Thy glory.'

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From Torah EXO.33.18, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:glory:x1:1
# text = And he said: 'Show me, I pray Thee, Thy glory.'
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	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	glory	glory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **show** | infinitive |  | Thy glory | me |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |
| 3 | **pray** | present | I | Thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **glory** |  | Thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom glory «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Well, then, glory be to God!

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:glory:x2:1
# text = "Well, then, glory be to God!
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Well	well	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	glory	glory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | glory |  |  |  | then | to God | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The Thirteenth Path is named the Uniting Intelligence and is so called because it is itself the essence of Glory.

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:glory:x3:1
# text = The Thirteenth Path is named the Uniting Intelligence and is so called because it is itself the essence of Glory.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Thirteenth	thirteenth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	Path	Path	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Uniting	Uniting	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Intelligence	Intelligence	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
13	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	obl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	essence	essence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	xcomp	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Glory	Glory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | present · passive |  | the Thirteenth |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | present · passive |  | the essence of Glory |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **is a** | present | Thirteenth | Thirteenth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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