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title: jealous — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «jealous» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Wanting complete loyalty and not allowing rivals; very protective of one's devotion. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# jealous

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**Who acts:** one, jealous stepmother, thou, name · **What happens:** want, not allow, devote, devour, be, bow down · **To what, where:** complete loyalty, rivals, devouring fire, jealous God

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Wanting complete loyalty and not allowing rivals; very protective of one's devotion.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:jealous:m1:1
# text = Wanting complete loyalty and not allowing rivals; very protective of one's devotion.
1	Wanting	want	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	allowing	allow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
7	rivals	rival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	protective	protective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	devotion	devotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | gerund |  | complete loyalty |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot loyalty=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **allow** | gerund |  | rivals |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rival=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **devote** |  | one |  |  |  |  |  | nom devotion «feeling transitive»: poss=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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For the LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

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From Torah DEU.4.24, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:jealous:x1:1
# text = For the LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	amod	_	_
4	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	devouring	devour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devour** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a devouring fire |  |  |  | for thy LORD God | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The jealous stepmother is “universally human.” (Cf.

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From English Fairy Tales.

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*Sentence 1:* The jealous stepmother is “universally human.”

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:jealous:x2:1
# text = The jealous stepmother is “universally human.”
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	universally	universally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the jealous stepmother |  |  |  |  | human, universally *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Cf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:jealous:x2:2
# text = (Cf.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Cf	cf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

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For thou shalt bow down to no other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God;

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From Torah EXO.34.14, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:jealous:x3:1
# text = For thou shalt bow down to no other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God;
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	bow	bow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	Jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow down** | shall | thou |  |  |  |  | to no other god; for the LORD and a jealous God | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to god=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** | present | name |  |  |  |  | jealous *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | thou *not said here* | a jealous God |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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