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title: goodly — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «goodly» in the Early Modern English dictionary: fine, handsome or pleasing to see. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# goodly

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**Who acts:** Naphtali · **What happens:** please, see, be, give, bloom, show · **To what, where:** hind let loose, goodly words, garden, fairest roses, tents

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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fine, handsome or pleasing to see.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:goodly:m1:1
# text = fine, handsome or pleasing to see.
1	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	pleasing	please	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **please** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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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:goodly: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}

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The garden bloomed with a goodly show of the fairest roses.

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From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:goodly:x2:1
# text = The garden bloomed with a goodly show of the fairest roses.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	bloomed	bloom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	goodly	goodly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bloom** | participle |  | the garden *not said here* |  |  |  | with a goodly show of the fairest roses | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with show=Theme |
| 2 | **show** |  |  | the fairest roses |  |  |  |  | nom show «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!

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From Torah NUM.24.5, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:goodly:x3:1
# text = How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	goodly	goodly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tents	tent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	O	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	8	case	_	_
8	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	_
14	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | thy tents and Jacob and thy dwellings  Israel |  |  |  | goodly *property* | 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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