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title: meeteth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «meeteth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «meeteth» means «meets», a form of «meet». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# meeteth

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**Who acts:** form, avenger, he, Esau · **What happens:** meet, mean, be, put, command, say · **To what, where:** murderer, him, foremost, thee, thou, enmity · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«meeteth» means «meets», a form of «meet».

<!-- fold The tree, 7 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:meeteth:m1:1
# text = «meeteth» means «meets», a form of «meet».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	meeteth	meet	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	meets	meet	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	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **meet** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **meet** *in a quote* | infinitive | a form *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

<!-- .note -->
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To meet is to come together with someone at the same place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:meeteth:m1e:1
# text = To meet is to come together with someone at the same place.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with someone; come, together *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.

<!-- .note -->
From Torah NUM.35.19, JPS 1917.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:meeteth:x1:1
# text = The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	avenger	avenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	nsubj	_	_
7	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	murderer	murderer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	meeteth	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | shall | the avenger of blood | the murderer |  |  |  | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent murderer=Goal |
| 2 | **meet** | present | avenger | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **put** | shall | avenger |  | him *= he* |  |  | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And he commanded the foremost, saying: 'When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying: Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

<!-- .note -->
From Torah GEN.32.17, JPS 1917.

<!-- fold The tree, 29 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:meeteth:x2:1
# text = And he commanded the foremost, saying: 'When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying: Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	foremost	foremost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
9	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
11	Esau	Esau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	meeteth	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	asketh	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
19	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
23	Whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	art	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	ccomp	_	_
25	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	whither	whither	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	29	advmod	_	_
29	goest	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
30	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
33	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	35	nmod:poss	_	_
34	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
35	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	conj	_	_
36	before	before	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | past | he | the foremost |  |  | before thee |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent foremost=Theme before thou=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **meet** | present | Esau | thee |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Esau *not said here* | thee |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Esau *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **go** | present | Esau *not said here* | thou |  |  |  | whither *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thou=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
or in enmity smote him with his hand, that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death: he is a murderer; the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meeteth him.

<!-- .note -->
From Torah NUM.35.21, JPS 1917.

<!-- fold The tree, 39 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:meeteth:x3:1
# text = or in enmity smote him with his hand, that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death: he is a murderer; the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meeteth him.
1	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	enmity	enmity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	smote	smite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	_
16	smote	smite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	advcl	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
19	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
26	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	murderer	murderer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	avenger	avenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
34	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	acl:relcl	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	murderer	murderer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
40	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	42	advmod	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	meeteth	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	advcl	_	_
43	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smite** | past |  | him *= he* |  | enmity |  | with his hand | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with hand=Instrument |
| 2 | **die** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **smite** | past | he | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 4 | **put** | shall · passive |  |  |  |  |  | to death; surely *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» |
| 5 | **is a** | present | he | a murderer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **put** | shall | the avenger of blood | the murderer |  |  |  | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent murderer=Goal |
| 7 | **meet** | present | avenger | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |

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