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title: intrusted — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «intrusted» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Given to someone to look after or to carry out. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# intrusted

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**Who acts:** you, Bellerophon, king, his · **What happens:** give, look after, carry out, read, intrust, present · **To what, where:** parable, letter, him, Bellerophon, Paris, confidence

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Given to someone to look after or to carry out.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:intrusted:m1:1
# text = Given to someone to look after or to carry out.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **look after** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **carry out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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Read the parable of the intrusted talent!

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From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:intrusted:x1:1
# text = Read the parable of the intrusted talent!
1	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parable	parable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	intrusted	intrust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	talent	talent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* | the parable of the intrusted talent |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parable=Topic |
| 2 | **intrust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Bellerophon now presented to him the letter intrusted to him by Proetus.

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From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:intrusted:x2:1
# text = Bellerophon now presented to him the letter intrusted to him by Proetus.
1	Bellerophon	Bellerophon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	presented	present	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	intrusted	intrust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Proetus	Proetus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | past | Bellerophon | the letter | him *= he* |  | now |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to he=Recipient |
| 2 | **intrust** | participle |  | the letter *not said here* | Bellerophon |  |  | by Proetus | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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As a proof of his confidence, the king now intrusted Paris with a somewhat delicate mission.

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From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:intrusted:x3:1
# text = As a proof of his confidence, the king now intrusted Paris with a somewhat delicate mission.
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	intrusted	intrust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	delicate	delicate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	mission	mission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intrust** | participle | the king | Paris |  |  | now | as a proof of his confidence; with a delicate mission | tree rules |
| 2 | **proof** |  |  | his confidence |  |  |  |  | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **confide** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom confidence «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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