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title: kind — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «kind» in the Early Modern English dictionary: A type or sort of something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# kind

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**Who acts:** Thou, LORD God, she, it · **What happens:** sort, not plant, make, be, refer, approach · **To what, where:** something, thee, altar, another, kind, phantom essence

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A type or sort of something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:kind:m1:1
# text = A type or sort of something.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** |  |  | something |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

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From Torah DEU.16.21, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:kind:x1:1
# text = Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
2	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	plant	plant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	obj	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Asherah	Asherah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	amod	_	_
19	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
23	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	25	nsubj	_	_
24	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	parataxis	_	_
26	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **plant** | shall | Thou | thee |  | the altar of thy LORD God |  | of any kind of tree | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme asherah=Destination |
| 2 | **make** | shall | thy LORD God | thee |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thou=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Would she to me were kind!

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From Andersen's Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:kind:x2:1
# text = Would she to me were kind!
1	Would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | she |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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On another, it refers to something less tangible, approaching the kind of phantom essence implied by the English term ‘soul’.

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:kind:x3:1
# text = On another, it refers to something less tangible, approaching the kind of phantom essence implied by the English term ‘soul’.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	refers	refer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
8	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	tangible	tangible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	approaching	approach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	phantom	phantom	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	essence	essence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	implied	imply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refer** | present | it |  |  | another |  | to something | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to something=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **approach** | gerund |  | the kind of phantom essence |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Theme |
| 3 | **imply** | participle |  | phantom essence *not said here* |  |  |  | by the English term | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |

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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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