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title: howbeit — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «howbeit» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Nevertheless; still; but. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# howbeit

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**Who acts:** thou, unclean · **What happens:** take, sum, eat · **To what, where:** sum, them, hart, alike

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Nevertheless; still; but.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:howbeit:m1:1
# text = Nevertheless; still; but.
1	Nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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From Torah NUM.31.22, JPS 1917.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:howbeit:x1:1
# text = Howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
1	Howbeit	howbeit	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

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'Howbeit the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;

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From Torah NUM.1.49, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:howbeit:x2:1
# text = 'Howbeit the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;
1	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Howbeit	howbeit	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Levi	Levi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	nsubj	_	_
8	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	15	cc:preconj	_	_
13	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	15	nsubj	_	_
15	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	_
20	among	among	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | shall | thou | the sum of them |  |  |  | among the children of Israel | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Theme |
| 2 | **sum** |  |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Howbeit as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.

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From Torah DEU.12.22, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:howbeit:x3:1
# text = Howbeit as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.
1	Howbeit	howbeit	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gazelle	gazelle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hart	hart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
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	0	root	_	_
16	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	unclean	unclean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	nsubj	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	conj	_	_
23	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	parataxis	_	_
25	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	alike	alike	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · passive |  | the hart |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | shall | thou |  |  |  |  | howbeit, thereof *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **eat** | may | the unclean | alike |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alike=Patient |

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