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title: loseth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «loseth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «loseth» means «loses», a form of «lose»: To lose is to no longer have something, often by mistake: lose a glove. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# loseth

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**Who acts:** form, he, owner · **What happens:** lose, mean, be, not make · **To what, where:** glove, owner, hireling, hire · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«loseth» means «loses», a form of «lose»: To lose is to no longer have something, often by mistake: lose a glove.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:loseth:m1:1
# text = «loseth» means «loses», a form of «lose»: To lose is to no longer have something, often by mistake: lose a glove.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	loseth	lose	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	loses	lose	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	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	To	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	lose	lose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
20	no	no	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	22	advmod	_	_
22	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
23	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	often	often	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
26	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
29	lose	lose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	glove	glove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **lose** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **lose** *in a quote* | infinitive | a form *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **lose** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | by mistake | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | have, long *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **lose** | infinitive |  | a glove |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glove=Eventuality |

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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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If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire.

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From Torah EXO.22.15, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:loseth:x1:1
# text = If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	advcl	_	_
4	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	cop	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	hireling	hireling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	loseth	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	hire	hire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with owner; thereof *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **make** | shall | he | owner |  |  |  | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |
| 3 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | owner | a hireling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **lose** | present | he | his hire |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hire=Eventuality |

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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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