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title: laden — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «laden» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Carrying a heavy load; full of something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# laden

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**Who acts:** he, Egypt, TWO MULES, villagers, her · **What happens:** carry, send in, lade, ass, trudge, watch · **To what, where:** heavy load, ten asses, father, TWO MULES, return, each · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Carrying a heavy load; full of something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:laden:m1:1
# text = Carrying a heavy load; full of something.
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund |  | a heavy load |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=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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And to his father he sent in like manner ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and victual for his father by the way.

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From Torah GEN.45.23, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:laden:x1:1
# text = And to his father he sent in like manner ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and victual for his father by the way.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	asses	ass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
12	laden	lade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
22	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	asses	ass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	parataxis	_	_
25	laden	lade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl	_	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	victual	victual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
32	for	for	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
35	by	by	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send in** | past | he | ten asses | his father |  |  | like manner | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ass=Theme to father=Destination |
| 2 | **lade** | participle |  | ten asses *not said here* |  |  |  | with the good things of Egypt | tree rules |
| 3 | **ass** |  | Egypt |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **lade** | participle |  | ten asses *not said here* |  |  |  | with corn and bread and victual for his father; by the way | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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TWO MULES well-laden with packs were trudging along.

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From Three hundred Aesop’s fables / Translated by George Fyler Townsend.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:laden:x2:1
# text = TWO MULES well-laden with packs were trudging along.
1	TWO	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	MULES	mule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	laden	lade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	packs	pack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	trudging	trudge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	along	along	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lade** | participle |  | TWO MULES *not said here* |  |  |  | with packs; well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **trudge** | past · progressive | TWO MULES |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And the villagers watched her return laden, and said to each other:

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From The Orange Fairy Book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:laden:x3:1
# text = And the villagers watched her return laden, and said to each other:
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	laden	lade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	10	obl	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | the villagers | her return |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Theme |
| 2 | **lade** | participle |  | her return *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the villagers *not said here* |  | each |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to each=Recipient |
| 4 | **return** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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