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title: herb — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «herb» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Any green plant, including grass and plants grown for food. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# herb

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**Who acts:** Thorns, thou, moving thing · **What happens:** grow, bring, eat, be, move, live · **To what, where:** grass, thee, herb, fourth glass, moving thing, you

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Any green plant, including grass and plants grown for food.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:herb:m1:1
# text = Any green plant, including grass and plants grown for food.
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	including	including	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  | grass and plants *not said here* |  |  |  | for food | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

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From Torah GEN.3.18, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:herb:x1:1
# text = Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
1	Thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	thistles	thistle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	TO	_	10	case	_	_
10	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	15	nsubj	_	_
14	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | shall | Thorns and thistles |  |  | thee |  | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to thou=Destination |
| 2 | **eat** | shall | thou | the herb of the field |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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"In the fourth glass is neither herb, bird, nor urchin.

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From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:herb:x2:1
# text = "In the fourth glass is neither herb, bird, nor urchin.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	8	cc:preconj	_	_
8	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	13	cc	_	_
13	urchin	urchin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | herb and bird nor urchin |  | the fourth glass |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.

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From Torah GEN.9.3, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:herb:x3:1
# text = Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	liveth	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
17	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	iobj	_	_
21	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | present | every moving thing and the green herb |  |  |  |  | for you | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | shall |  |  |  |  |  | for food | tree rules |
| 4 | **give** | present · perfect · passive |  | every moving thing and the green herb | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient you=Theme |

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