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title: maid — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «maid» in the Early Modern English dictionary: A young woman, or a female servant. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# maid

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**Who acts:** man, old maid, Abraham, God, servants · **What happens:** increase, have, be, think, pray, heal · **To what, where:** servants servants, large flocks, wife, Abimelech, children

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A young woman, or a female servant.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:maid:m1:1
# text = A young woman, or a female servant.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.

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From Torah GEN.30.43, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:maid:x1:1
# text = And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	increased	increase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	exceedingly	exceedingly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	flocks	flock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
13	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	compound	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	asses	ass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | past | the man | servants servants |  |  |  | camels and asses *obl*; exceedingly *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | past | the man *not said here* | large flocks |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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What is the old maid thinking of?

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From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:maid:x2:1
# text = What is the old maid thinking of?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the old maid |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the old maid *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bore children.

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From Torah GEN.20.17, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:maid:x3:1
# text = And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bore children.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	healed	heal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	Abimelech	Abimelech	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
18	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	bore	bore	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
25	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | past | Abraham | God's wife |  |  |  | unto God; God's maid servants *obl* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **heal** | past | God | Abimelech |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent abimelech=Patient |
| 3 | **bore** | present | servants *= servant* | children |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer |

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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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