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title: leaneth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «leaneth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «leaneth» means «leans», a form of «lean»: To lean is to bend your body towards something or away from straight: «Lean forward». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# leaneth

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**Who acts:** valleys · **What happens:** lean, mean, be, form, incline · **To what, where:** lean, border · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«leaneth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: [leaneth in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/leaneth.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«leaneth» means «leans», a form of «lean»: To lean is to bend your body towards something or away from straight: «Lean forward».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:leaneth:m1:1
# text = «leaneth» means «leans», a form of «lean»: To lean is to bend your body towards something or away from straight: «Lean forward».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	leaneth	lean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	leans	lean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	lean	lean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	To	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	lean	lean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
21	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	20	obl	_	_
25	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	away	away	ADV	RB	_	24	conj	_	_
27	from	from	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
30	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	Lean	lean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	17	parataxis	_	_
32	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **lean** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **lean** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | towards something; bend *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **lean** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **form** |  |  | lean |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication 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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And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. —

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From Torah NUM.21.15, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:leaneth:x1:1
# text = And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. —
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	slope	slope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	valleys	valley	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	inclineth	incline	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Ar	Ar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	leaneth	lean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Moab	Moab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
23	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **incline** | present | the valleys |  |  |  |  | toward the seat of Ar | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent toward seat=Theme |
| 2 | **lean** | present | the valleys *not said here* |  |  | the border of Moab |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon border=Location |

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